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NACTO Summary of the USDOT FY14 Budget

Apr 11, 2013

April 10, 2013 – President Obama’s FY14 Budget includes $77 billion for the U.S. Department of Transportation – 5.5%, or $4 billion, above the FY12 enacted level. The President’s Budget also includes a $50 billion program to provide immediate investments to highway, transit, rail, and aviation infrastructure. As part of the $50 billion, the President’s […]

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Cities for Cycling Road Show Rolls into Memphis

Jan 31, 2013

January 31, 2013 City transportation officials from Austin, Indianapolis and New York gathered on January 24-25, 2013 in Memphis, Tennessee to envision the role bicycling will play in the city’s future growth and development. The event, a Cities for Cycling Road Show that took place over the course of two days, consisted of a series […]

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Urban Bikeway Design Guide named one of Planetizen’s Top 10 Books of 2013

Dec 11, 2012

December 11, 2012 The NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, which released its second edition in October 2012, has been named one of Planetizen’s top 10 books for 2013. The review from Planetizen reads: NACTO’s Urban Bikeway Design Guide provides municipalities with an impressive and comprehensive toolkit for designing safer streets that accommodate pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers. […]

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NACTO President Sadik-Khan Kicks off NACTO Designing Cities Conference

Oct 24, 2012

Click here for full Press Release National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) President and NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik‐Khan today kicked off the three‐day Designing Cities Conference with the release of the Urban Street Design Guide, documenting the design principles and strategies that the nation’s largest cities are adopting to confront […]

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Full Speed Ahead: NACTO Releases Second Edition of Urban Bikeway Design Guide

Sep 06, 2012

Download the full Press Release here Press Contact: David Vega-Barachowitz 212.839.6421 [email protected] For Immediate Release September 6, 2012 New York, NY – Transportation commissioners and directors from America’s largest cities have announced the release of the second edition of the Urban Bikeway Design Guide, a toolkit for designing safer streets for bicyclists published by the […]

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NACTO Brief Summer Edition – July 30, 2012

Aug 01, 2012

  Table of Contents NACTO News Designing Cities | NACTO Urban Street Design Guide | Urban Bikeway Design Guide Module II | Map-21 | NACTO Bolsters Outreach and Communication Washington Update Expansion of Infrastructure Finance Fund | New Sustainable Community Case Study Database | MAP-21 Implementation Site | $787 million for Transit Infrastructure | MAP-21 Surface Transportation Bill Signed | Cities Continue to Win Under TIGER | Americans Want High Speed Rail City Corner Atlanta […]

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National Association of City Transportation Officials Applauds Passage of Senate Transportation Bill

Mar 15, 2012

For Immediate Release: March 14, 2012 Contact: Ron Thaniel, [email protected], 212-839-4987 New York City – National Association of City Transportation Officials President and New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today issued the following statement in response to the Senate passage of the federal surface transportation bill (S. 1819). “The National Association of City Transportation […]

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House Committee Ends Guaranteed Funding for Transit

Feb 03, 2012

House Committee Ends Guaranteed Funding for Transit: Breaks Commitment to Bus and Rail Dating Back to the Reagan Administration February 3, 2012 Contact: Ron Thaniel, [email protected], 202-510-0740 “The U.S. House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee today abolished the guaranteed trust fund revenue for transit and gave it to the highway program. This is a unprecedented departure […]

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NACTO President Sadik-Khan and U.S. Transportation Secretary Announce Release of Urban Bikeway Design Guide

Oct 14, 2011

National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) President and New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer today announced that the Urban Bikeway Design Guide, the most comprehensive resource for creating safer, more attractive and livable streets for everyone through better designed bikeways, is […]

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