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Introducing Our 2021 Transportation Justice Fellows

This post originally appeared on the Better Bike Share Partnership, a collaboration funded by the JPB Foundation to build equitable and replicable shared micromobility systems. Meet 12 individuals from across the country, all of whom are doing the heavy work of promoting equity in transportation. Throughout the course of the year, fellows will receive more […]

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The road we travel: What NACTO hopes to hear during Secretary Pete’s Hearing

Secretary Pete Buttigieg is scheduled to speak before a hearing of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee tomorrow. We are only a few months into the Biden Administration, and Secretary Pete has already been advancing a bold vision on safety, climate, and equity that is well aligned with the needs of US cities and brings […]

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A Reprieve for all Americans and the 80% of U.S. Residents Living in Cities

Corinne Kisner, Executive Director, and Janette Sadik-Khan, Chair, of the National Association of City Transportation Officials today issued the following statement in response to Congress’ passage of the American Rescue Plan:  After some false starts, Congress finally passed the American Rescue Plan, which will help American cities and their residents get back on their feet, […]

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NACTO in 2020: Cities Taking the Lead

This time last year, writing our 2019 annual report, we never would have guessed what the year ahead would hold. 2020 tested us—as individuals, as an organization, and as an industry. Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic upended lives, livelihoods, and economies, and laid bare existing inequities. The police murders of George Floyd and […]

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Climate Challenge Accelerators: Fighting for a safer future, today

Why transportation? Why now? To increase our chances for a livable, equitable future, with greenhouse gas emissions from transportation dramatically (and sustainably) reduced, it is urgent we shift a significant number of trips made in cars to lower-carbon modes, like walking, biking, and transit. Across the US, cities are the testing ground for this work. […]

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NACTO Congratulates Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Transportation

Corinne Kisner, Executive Director, and Janette Sadik-Khan, Chair, of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), today issued the following statement on the confirmation of Mayor Pete Buttigieg as U.S. Secretary of Transportation: On behalf of 80 city transportation departments and transit agencies across the U.S., NACTO congratulates Pete Buttigieg on his confirmation as […]

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Inspired appointments poised to renew the U.S. Department of Transportation

It’s a long, hard road ahead for Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the USDOT cabinet he is expected to lead. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the country, endangering local governments, transit agencies, and a precarious economic recovery. Equity, safety, and environmental concerns continue to mount nationwide: pedestrian fatalities are at a 30-year high, […]

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Black History Month 2021: Reflecting on the past and looking forward

This Black History Month, we’re reflecting on 2020: the ways it broadcast the harm of past and present policies, challenged our industry, and showed us how to work towards a future where we prioritize access to opportunity and mobility for those with the greatest need. Last year, people took to streets to protest centuries of […]

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Robin Hutcheson Steps Down as NACTO President to Join Biden Administration

Vice President Eulois Cleckley Appointed as Interim President Today, the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) announced the resignation of Robin Hutcheson, former Director of the Minneapolis Department of Public Works, from NACTO’s board of directors. Hutcheson left her position as President of the Board in order to join the Biden-Harris Administration as Deputy […]

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NACTO Congratulates Polly Trottenberg

Corinne Kisner, Executive Director, and Janette Sadik-Khan, Chair, of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), today issued the following statement on the nomination of Polly Trottenberg as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation.  Polly Trottenberg is an inspired choice for U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation. From managing the world’s most complex urban transportation network […]

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