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A turning point for America’s deadly roads?

A turning point for America’s deadly roads?

Oct 28, 2021

Corinne Kisner, Executive Director of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), today issued the following statement in response to USDOT data showing a dramatic jump in American traffic fatalities and Transportation Secretary Buttigieg’s pledge to implement a Safe Systems Approach to traffic safety: America’s cities applaud Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for plainly calling […]

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Committing to community: the 2021 Shared Micromobility and Cities for Cycling Roundtable

Committing to community: the 2021 Shared Micromobility and Cities for Cycling Roundtable

Oct 26, 2021

As cities locked down over spring 2020, people took to their people-powered wheels. From skyrocketing private bike sales (and the ascendance of e-bikes) to record-breaking ridership on bike share systems, last year’s boom showed the essential role bikes, scooters, and other forms of micromobility play in keeping people—and cities—moving. It also highlighted the need for […]

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Reconciliation: A last chance for transit, climate, and equity in America’s infrastructure program

Reconciliation: A last chance for transit, climate, and equity in America’s infrastructure program

Sep 15, 2021

Corinne Kisner, Executive Director, and Janette Sadik-Khan, Chair of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), today issued the following statement in response to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s advancement of the Build Back Better Act: NACTO strongly supports the House’s forward-thinking proposals that would strengthen the infrastructure bill and squarely address the […]

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NACTO Announces New Executive Board Leadership

NACTO Announces New Executive Board Leadership

Sep 09, 2021

Board Includes Visionary Leaders from Philadelphia, Houston, Austin, Chicago and Oakland Today, the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), an association of 91 cities and transit agencies across North America, announced Mike Carroll, Deputy Managing Director of the Philadelphia Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (oTIS), as the board’s President, and Veronica O. Davis, […]

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Statement: The Senate’s Infrastructure Bill Allows for Unchecked Highway Expansion and Reverses Climate Action 

Statement: The Senate’s Infrastructure Bill Allows for Unchecked Highway Expansion and Reverses Climate Action 

Aug 10, 2021

Corinne Kisner, Executive Director, and Janette Sadik-Khan, Chair of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), today issued the following statement in response to the Senate’s passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA):  Even as the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that our planet is heading toward an increasingly uninhabitable […]

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A Deal for the Sake of a Deal?

A Deal for the Sake of a Deal?

Jul 28, 2021

Or How to Improve the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework for Good Policy, Not Politics Negotiations over the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (BIF) are advancing, and we must ensure that city voices are part of the final deal. As it stands, the BIF would largely continue the failed policies that make American transportation unsafe, unsustainable, and inequitable. It […]

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Statement: NACTO commends House leaders for passing the transformative INVEST in America Act

Statement: NACTO commends House leaders for passing the transformative INVEST in America Act

Jul 01, 2021

Corinne Kisner, Executive Director of the National Association of City Transportation Officials today issued the following statement about the passage of the INVEST in America Act:Corinne Kisner, Executive Director of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), today issued the following statement in response to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s INVEST in America […]

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America’s Infrastructure Plan: $527 billion to do what?

America’s Infrastructure Plan: $527 billion to do what?

Jun 25, 2021

Corinne Kisner, Executive Director, and Janette Sadik-Khan, Chair of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), today issued the following statement in response to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework:  The long-promised Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework could be great news, or it could simply reinforce America’s dangerous status quo. Without overhauling how infrastructure funds are spent, the […]

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