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USDOT Continues Support for Local Transportation Initiatives With Transformational Safety, Equity, and Climate Impacts

Jun 29, 2023

Corinne Kisner, Executive Director of NACTO, issued the following statement in response to USDOT’s recent award of more than $2.2 billion in RAISE grants: NACTO commends the Biden-Harris administration for funding over 150 groundbreaking local transportation initiatives nationwide, which will significantly enhance the quality of life for millions of people across the country. These projects […]

Traffic Fatalities Drop Slightly, But Remain at Historic Highs

Jun 22, 2023

Corinne Kisner, Executive Director of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), today issued the following statement in response to projections from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that show 9,330 people died in traffic crashes in the U.S. in the first three months of 2023, a 3.3% decrease from the same period […]

Denver to Host National Transportation Conference

May 14, 2023

Conference spotlights citywide mobility projects, kicks off Sunday with Viva Streets DENVER – The City and County of Denver will host the premier Designing Cities Conference next week, bringing together hundreds of acclaimed planners and practitioners from across the country to advance the state of transportation to make streets safer, more sustainable, and more accessible. […]

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.

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.

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.

More Than 100,000 Comments In Support Of DOT Greenhouse Gas Rule Submitted During Comment Period

Oct 14, 2022

More than 100,000 comments in support of the Department of Transportation’s proposed greenhouse gas rule were submitted during the comment period that ended yesterday.

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