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Reflections on #NACTO2022: The Power of Coming Together and the Work that Lies Ahead

Oct 06, 2022

After Labor Day weekend, amidst the rush of back-to-school and an unprecedented transit crisis, NACTO brought 1,200 transportation practitioners to Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville for the return of our Designing Cities Conference.

NACTO Opposes Automaker Requests for Safety Exemptions for Autonomous Vehicles

Sep 22, 2022

Ford and GM’s requests for exemptions from federal standards to test autonomous vehicles on city streets raise serious safety and regulatory concerns.

New NACTO Report: Improving Bus Service is Key to Fighting Climate Change

Aug 18, 2022

The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) published a new report today that argues the city bus is the most powerful tool local leaders have to mitigate the impact of catastrophic climate change.

Traffic Deaths are Surging, But We Have the Tools to Make Americans Safe

Aug 17, 2022

Today, the United States’ latest safety numbers brought tragic–yet unsurprising–news: far too many people in the U.S. die in preventable traffic crashes, and the country’s traffic safety crisis is getting worse, not better.

NACTO Urges All Levels of Government to take Action that Strengthen Gains from Landmark Climate Bill

Aug 16, 2022

NACTO congratulates the Biden Administration and Congressional leadership for passing and signing into law the Inflation Reduction Act–a landmark achievement that will dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.

USDOT Funds Transportation Projects That Will Have Exceptional Safety, Equity, and Climate Benefits

Aug 11, 2022

NACTO applauds the Biden-Harris administration for funding more than 150 innovative transportation projects across the country that will meaningfully improve peoples’ lives. These projects will make the country’s transportation system measurably safer, more sustainable, and more equitable.

New NACTO Working Paper Recommends Reforming Bicycle Laws that Punish Black and Latine/x Bike Riders Without Improving Safety

Aug 11, 2022

The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) published a new working paper today that finds bicycle laws across the U.S. often fail to improve safety while leading to harmful over-policing that disproportionately punishes Black, Latine/x, low-income and unhoused bike riders.

Mayors of Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville to Give Keynote at NACTO’s 2022 Designing Cities Conference

Jul 28, 2022

Mayor Michelle Wu of Boston, Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui of Cambridge, and Mayor Katjana Ballantyne of Somerville announced today that they will attend and give keynote speeches at the 2022 Designing Cities Conference on Wednesday, Sept 7, 2022, hosted by the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO).

The Biden Administration’s Greenhouse Gas Performance Measure Increases Transparency at a Critical Time

Jul 07, 2022

NACTO strongly supports the Biden Administration’s pragmatic greenhouse gas emissions performance measure–which aligns transportation policy with the country’s commitment under the Paris Agreement. The measure will unify a hodgepodge of incomplete data from across the country into a unified standard, where states, MPOs, and the federal government can make informed decisions about which transportation projects to invest taxpayer dollars in to reduce climate emissions.

USDOT’s “Reconnecting Communities” Program Can Help Right Historical Transportation Wrongs

Jul 01, 2022

NACTO applauds the U.S. Department of Transportation’s launch of its new “Reconnecting Communities” pilot program, which offers a unique opportunity to begin to right historical wrongs perpetuated by decades of auto-centric and deeply harmful transportation policies.

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