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NACTO’s Transportation Justice Fellows Put Equity Into Action

May 09, 2023

Achieving transportation justice means ensuring communities have access to a safe, affordable, and equitable transportation system that connects them to the places, people, and resources they need to thrive. This year’s cohort of Transportation Justice Fellows are exploring ways to bring that vision into reality. NACTO and the Better Bike Share Partnership (BBSP) launched the […]

Federal Funding for EV Charging Infrastructure Can Steer the U.S. Toward a Sustainable Future

Mar 14, 2023

The Biden Administration’s $2.5 billion commitment to fund electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the country is a crucial step toward creating a transportation system that protects our planet and creates economic opportunity for communities that need it most.

U.S. Streets Keep Getting Deadlier. It Doesn’t Have to be This Way.

Feb 28, 2023

Far too often in recent years, we’ve awoken to the same grim headline: U.S. traffic fatalities continue to rise. It doesn’t have to be this way.

USDOT’s “Reconnecting Communities” Grants Are a Step Toward More Equitable, Thriving Cities

Feb 28, 2023

USDOT’s award of $185 million to reconnect communities across the U.S. is a critical step toward reinvesting in access to opportunity, and healing the deep wounds inflicted by flawed transportation policies that, for decades, divided instead of connected Americans to each other.

NACTO in 2022: Cities Taking the Lead

Feb 02, 2023

2022 proved to be a year filled with creativity, resilience, and hope, both throughout NACTO’s network of nearly 100 cities across North America and within NACTO itself. That perseverance and determination are reflected in our latest Annual Report.

Innovative Federal Program Funds Transformative Small Projects at Scale to Stem America’s Traffic Safety Crisis

Jan 31, 2023

NACTO applauds the Biden-Harris Administration for providing urgently-needed funding through Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) to dozens of communities to stem the traffic safety crisis.

NACTO’s Statement Regarding the Police Killing of Tyre Nichols

Jan 30, 2023

All of us at NACTO are sickened and outraged by the police killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis. Nichols’ encounter with the police began with a traffic stop, underscoring the many ways in which racism, police violence, and structural inequity are transportation problems.

NACTO Welcomes Milwaukee, SEPTA, and the MBTA as New Members

Jan 30, 2023

NACTO is proud to announce that the City of Milwaukee, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) have become NACTO members.

New NACTO Analysis Finds Americans Have Taken Half a Billion Bikeshare and E-Scooter Trips Since 2010

Dec 01, 2022

NACTO’s new data snapshot finds micromobility has become a crucial part of city transportation networks across the U.S., and that bikeshare and e-scooter systems were key to moving essential workers during the pandemic. As the bike boom continues, cities’ approaches to regulating micromobility must evolve.

Introducing Our 2022-2023 Transportation Justice Fellows

Oct 21, 2022

NACTO and the Better Bike Share Partnership (BBSP) are proud to announce the 2022-2023 cohort of the Transportation Justice Fellowship. The Fellowship, which runs from November 2022 to June 2023, is designed for US-based professionals who identify as people of color and are engaged in embedding mobility justice in transportation agencies and beyond.

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