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Staff at NACTO member cities and transit agencies across North America are making a difference in urban mobility. Meet the Cities is a chance to hear from fellow members directly about their projects and programs. The Meet the Cities Virtual Summer Series takes place on Wednesdays this summer  – July 17, July 24, July 31, August […]

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Staff at NACTO member cities and transit agencies across North America are making a difference in urban mobility. Meet the Cities is a chance to hear from fellow members directly about their projects and programs. The Meet the Cities Virtual Summer Series takes place on Wednesdays this summer  – July 17, July 24, July 31, August […]

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Staff at NACTO member cities and transit agencies across North America are making a difference in urban mobility. Meet the Cities is a chance to hear from fellow members directly about their projects and programs. The Meet the Cities Virtual Summer Series takes place on Wednesdays this summer  – July 17, July 24, July 31, August […]

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Staff at NACTO member cities and transit agencies across North America are making a difference in urban mobility. Meet the Cities is a chance to hear from fellow members directly about their projects and programs. The Meet the Cities Virtual Summer Series takes place on Wednesdays this summer  – July 17, July 24, July 31, August […]

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Staff at NACTO member cities and transit agencies across North America are making a difference in urban mobility. Meet the Cities is a chance to hear from fellow members directly about their projects and programs. The Meet the Cities Virtual Summer Series takes place on Wednesdays this summer  – July 17, July 24, July 31, August […]

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Staff at NACTO member cities and transit agencies across North America are making a difference in urban mobility. Meet the Cities is a chance to hear from fellow members directly about their projects and programs. The Meet the Cities Virtual Summer Series takes place on Wednesdays this summer  – July 17, July 24, July 31, August […]

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NACTO Webinar Series: Operationalizing Equity Part 3

In NACTO’s new Operationalizing Equity event series, you’ll hear from NACTO member cities who are putting equity into action. Each session will host two cities in conversation as they discuss how to move from an equity framework to on-the-ground implementation. Come prepared with questions and leave this series with a toolkit of best practices and […]

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NACTO Operationalizing Equity Webinar Series: King County Metro in conversation with SEPTA

In NACTO’s new Operationalizing Equity event series, you’ll hear from NACTO member cities who are putting equity into action. Each session will host two cities in conversation as they discuss how to move from an equity framework to on-the-ground implementation. In this special transit-focused webinar, King County Metro will discuss their service guidelines in conversation […]

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Inclusive Transportation: A Book Club Event with Veronica Davis

Join Veronica Davis, Houston’s Director of Transportation & Drainage Operations and a NACTO Board Member, as she leads a discussion on how to navigate accountability as a decision-maker. Citing lessons from her new book Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities, attendees will think through how city staffers can take on the practical challenges of […]

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NACTO Webinar Series: Operationalizing Equity Part 1

In NACTO’s new Operationalizing Equity event series, you’ll hear from NACTO member cities who are putting equity into action. Each session will host two cities in conversation as they discuss how to move from an equity framework to on-the-ground implementation. Come prepared with questions and leave this series with a toolkit of best practices and […]

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NACTO Meet the Cities: Southwest – Virtual Summer Series

NACTO is bringing our Meet the Cities initiative to a wider audience through a virtual series this summer, allowing NACTO members who weren’t able to attend the 2023 Designing Cities Conference in Denver or to stop by every poster to learn about exciting projects taking place in our cities. The events will take place on […]

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NACTO Meet the Cities: Southeast – Virtual Summer Series

NACTO is bringing our Meet the Cities initiative to a wider audience through a virtual series this summer, allowing NACTO members who weren’t able to attend the 2023 Designing Cities Conference in Denver or to stop by every poster to learn about exciting projects taking place in our cities. The events will take place on […]

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NACTO Meet the Cities: Canada – Virtual Summer Series

NACTO is bringing our Meet the Cities initiative to a wider audience through a virtual series this summer, allowing NACTO members who weren’t able to attend the 2023 Designing Cities Conference in Denver or to stop by every poster to learn about exciting projects taking place in our cities. Join us in this session to […]

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NACTO Meet the Cities: Midwest – Virtual Summer Series

NACTO is bringing our Meet the Cities initiative to a wider audience through a virtual series this summer, allowing NACTO members who weren’t able to attend the 2023 Designing Cities Conference in Denver or to stop by every poster to learn about exciting projects taking place in our cities. The events will take place on […]

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NACTO Meet the Cities: West – Virtual Summer Series

NACTO is bringing our Meet the Cities initiative to a wider audience through a virtual series this summer, allowing NACTO members who weren’t able to attend the 2023 Designing Cities Conference in Denver or to stop by every poster to learn about exciting projects taking place in our cities. The events will take place on […]

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NACTO Lunch & Learn – Evaluation & Metrics: Storytelling

NACTO’s Lunch & Learn sessions provide a casual virtual space for NACTO members to share and learn from peers across the country. Have your lunch or snack handy—depending on your time zone—and join this generative space for dynamic conversation led by both NACTO staff and members. This session’s topic will be “Evaluation & Metrics: Storytelling.” […]

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Transit Peer Network Meeting

Join NACTO staff and peers from member transit agencies to learn the latest about NACTO’s work, to hear updates on agency projects from across the NACTO network, and to discuss our transit priorities for the next several months. In light of NACTO’s ongoing update to the Urban Bikeway Design Guide, we’ll discuss guidance and best […]

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Transit Peer Network Kick-Off Meeting

Join NACTO staff and peers from member transit agencies to learn the latest about NACTO’s work, to hear updates on agency projects from across the NACTO network, and to discuss our transit priorities for the next several months. This event is only open to staff in NACTO member cities and partner agencies. Registration details for […]

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NACTO Permanent Streets/Outdoor Dining Peer Network Meeting

Join NACTO staff and peers from member cities to discuss the latest trends, challenges and best practices in outdoor dining and public space management! This event is only open to staff in NACTO member cities and partner agencies. Registration details for members will be shared through our Mobilize listserv. If you are a member city […]

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NACTO Shared Micromobility Peer Network Meeting

Join peers from across NACTO’s member city network to discuss the latest trends in micromobility across North America, and learn about initial findings from our “2022 NACTO Shared Micromobility in the U.S. and Canada” survey! This event is only open to staff in NACTO member cities and partner agencies. Registration details for members will be […]

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NACTO Policy Network Meeting

Join NACTO and colleagues from member cities for a briefing on the latest federal policy news. We’ll get an update on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s appropriations for FY23 & FY24 from Benito Perez, Policy Director at Transportation for America. Then, Jenny O’Connell, NACTO’s Senior Program Manager for Safety, will share takeaways from recently-awarded Safe […]

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NACTO Vision Zero / Road Safety Peer Network Meeting

Join Vision Zero and Road Safety colleagues from across NACTO’s member city network to recap our safety work in 2022, learn about some exciting projects in peer cities, and get plugged in on upcoming safety projects for 2023! This event is only open to staff in NACTO member cities and partner agencies. Registration details for […]

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NACTO Member Virtual Open House

Join NACTO in kicking off 2023 with fellow member cities and transit agencies! We’ll share information on our plans for the year, including our updated Policy Platform, the Urban Bikeway Design Guide, and the Designing Cities Conference. We’ll also offer an opportunity for agency staffers to connect with one another. This event is only open […]

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The E-Bike Boom in British Columbia

The landscape for bike share and scooter share continues to evolve, and the rise of e-bikes has made waves across North America. In British Columbia, cities have begun to incorporate e-bikes into their micromobility systems, changing how people move through and relate to their communities and neighborhoods. To explore and understand this evolving landscape, NACTO, […]

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Policy Briefing: Ford + GM AV Exemption Requests (Members Only)

Join NACTO along with Karina Ricks and Erin Clark from CityFi for a members-only briefing to discuss recent requests from Ford and General Motors for exemptions from Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards that would allow them to deploy several thousand self-driving vehicles without human controls like steering wheels and brake pedals. NACTO has submitted comments […]

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Opening Reception at the House of Blues

Join us for refreshments at the House of Blues Boston from 6:00pm-8:00pm. The House of Blues Boston is a historic music venue across the street from Fenway Park. House of Blues started in Cambridge, Massachusetts at Harvard Square. Located just 15-min walk from the Hynes Convention Center, we’re excited to welcome you to Boston at […]

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Registration

Now in its tenth year, the NACTO Designing Cities Conference brings together nearly 1,000 officials, planners, and practitioners to advance the state of transportation in cities.  This will be our first in-person gathering since 2019 in Toronto! We are grateful to our host cities Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville for providing a backdrop of collaboration, innovation, […]

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Workshop: Meetings That Matter: Building Facilitation Skills

Meetings and all sorts of people-convenings are critical to getting our work done well, but far too often, they feel like a poor use of valuable time, with unclear goals, the wrong people in the room, unengaged participants, end-times that aren’t honored, or vague follow-up. So how can we make more of our meetings timely, […]

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Workshop: Projects To Programs

One high-quality bike or bus lane is great, but, on its own, one project is rarely enough to significantly change how people get around. As traffic fatalities continue to increase and the planet continues to warm, cities are looking to do more, better and faster; scaling up their efforts to meet the needs of the […]

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Workshop: Crash Course in Public Speaking

Communication matters. As transportation practitioners, it’s natural for us to use technical jargon and too many acronyms in our daily communication. But, it’s important and necessary to connect with the public, meet your audience where they are, and bring them along the way when we present projects and changes to their community spaces.  In this […]

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Workshop: Redesigning Major Streets For Safety

Picture your city’s biggest, widest, most risky arterial. It probably has lots of lanes, lots of cars, frequent crashes and injuries, and traffic swinging from stop-and-go to fast-and-furious. How can we fix it? Join this workshop for a hands-on look at innovative approaches your city can use to tame speeds and improve safety on dangerous […]

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Workshop: Move! That! Bus! Designing Streets for Transit

Redesigning city streets to get the bus out of slow traffic is one of the most effective ways to improve reliability, increase ridership, and fight climate change. By painting bus lanes, retiming signals, and fixing pain points at intersections, cities across North America have reprioritized their streets to #MoveThatBus, cutting travel and wait times and […]

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Workshop: Don’t Give Up At the Intersection – Signals & Sticky Spots Edition

Don’t think you have room for a protected intersection? Not sure how to give bikes priority over turning cars? This practical training combines the power of time (signals) and space (geometric solutions) for tricky bikeway intersections. Learn how to get people on bikes and micromobility devices safely through an intersection using innovative best practices and […]

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Workshop:  Normalizing & Operationalizing Racial Equity within NACTO Cities

This interactive workshop will provide an introduction to the roles, challenges, responsibilities and opportunities for NACTO City leaders to advance racial equity within their agency and/or organization. This workshop is geared towards city leaders who have a foundation of understanding about race, equity, and power, and are looking to build on that foundation and operationalize […]

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Briefing: Flex Funding for Cities (Members Only)

Transferring — or “flexing” — federal funds can give cities more control over project design and delivery, speed the implementation process, and cut costs. Karina Ricks, Associate Administrator for Research, Demonstration and Innovation at FTA, will lead a members-only virtual briefing to help demystify the flex funding process. While many Federal-Aid Highway Programs support bicycle lanes, […]

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NACTO | BBSP Micromobility Roundtable Summer Camp

The shared micromobility landscape has changed significantly in the last five years. Operators are dissolving, consolidating and reorganizing, while cities are taking more proactive approaches to managing and regulating their programs. NACTO, in partnership with Better Bike Share Partnership, is launching our third virtual roundtable: the 2022 Micromobility Summer Camp. The format will be a […]

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Webinar: Vehicle Safety for Pedestrians 101

It’s a crisis years in the making: Vehicles are getting bigger and more dangerous to pedestrians, leading to a disturbing spike in deaths of people outside cars. But under the federal government’s safety rating system, known as the New Car Assessment Program, almost every vehicle gets four- or five-star ratings. That’s because the system only […]

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Move! That! Bus! 2022 Transit Discussion Series

The 2022 Transit Roundtable will explore the strategies and tools cities and transit agencies can use to move that bus and transform their transit system.

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NACTO | BBSP | Shared Micromobility & Cities for Cycling Roundtable

The landscape of planning for, designing for, and regulating micromobility continues to shift as commute patterns change, e-bikes become more and more prevalent, and both cities and bike share operators are asked to do more with less. With travel still limited, NACTO, in partnership with Better Bike Share Partnership, is launching a second virtual joint […]

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This interdepartmental, interdisciplinary workshop will help attendees learn strategies to improve the project planning and delivery process, refine how transportation teams conduct community engagement to consistently hold high-quality engagement, and develop a shared understanding of project procurement and areas that can help streamline delivery. Open to San Antonio staff who work on transportation projects, including […]

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Build Back Better With More Bus Service

Join experts from across the US for a briefing on how federal support for transit operations can transform communities and how funding operations is critical to “Building Back Better” and meeting Biden’s equity, climate, and workforce goals. 

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Transit Metrics & Messaging, Cincinnati

NACTO is excited to offer a two-part training to City of Cincinnati staff and invited partners on May 27 and June 3, 2021. This workshop will result in a shared understanding of the importance of identifying metrics to track performance on transportation projects, keeping elected officials and the public informed of the direct and indirect […]

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Making Federal Funding Work for Cities

Join nationally-renowned city transportation leaders to hear about why the current federal transportation funding model is failing at the local level–and the ideas that can transform it to work for cities while addressing the safety, climate, equity, and economic recovery challenges of our time.

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Complete Streets Communications, St. Petersburg

NACTO is excited to offer a two-part training to St. Petersburg City Staff on May 19 and 26, 2021. This workshop will provide attendees with tools they can immediately put to use to seamlessly deliver great Complete Streets projects, per the City of St. Petersburg’s Complete Streets policy. Attendees will cover strategies to strengthen internal […]

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Equitable & Inclusive Engagement, St. Louis

NACTO is excited to offer a two-part training to St. Louis City Staff and elected officials on May 17 and 18, 2021. This workshop will highlight best practices in equitable and inclusive public outreach and engagement, particularly as it relates to historic and contemporary efforts around Calm Streets and barrier removal in the City. The […]

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Black people experience disproportionate policing, which can create fear of violence as they use transit, walk and bike in the streets. As transportation agencies move to better understand how systemic racism and bias show up in the built environment, what alternatives to policing can transportation professionals use to ensure a dignified and safe mobility experience? […]

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As cities are beginning to reopen, traffic is quickly increasing. People are not riding transit at pre-pandemic rates, leaving cities to reassess how their transportation systems can function efficiently. Roadways were already at or above capacity before the pandemic hit, and now congestion is on its way to being even worse, resulting in gridlock that […]

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Digital Policy Charrette: Philadelphia

MEMBERS-ONLY EVENT Join NACTO and Philadelphia’s Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability for a members-only “policy charrette” — a conversational review of an upcoming bicycling project. To better connect residents and essential workers to key destinations, the City of Philadelphia is exploring a temporary network of protected bike lanes in three neighborhoods. Thoughtful, inclusive community […]

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Digital Design Charrette: Minneapolis

MEMBERS-ONLY EVENT As summer transitions to fall, and this year’s building season shifts to next year’s planning, cities are laying the groundwork for future projects that will adapt streets to create more space for people. Join NACTO and the City of Minneapolis for a digital design charrette on the Whittier/Lyndale Bikeway project — planned improvements […]

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Digital Design Charrette: Charlotte

MEMBERS-ONLY EVENT With traffic quickly returning to city streets transit reliability is paramount to support essential workers and economic recovery efforts. Join NACTO, the Charlotte Department of Transportation (CDOT), and Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) for a digital design charrette on Charlotte’s Central Avenue bus / bike lane pilot on July 29th, 1:30 PM ET […]

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As the landscape of micromobility, from personal bikes to electric bike share and scooter share, continues to evolve, cities are faced with complex questions about how to design our city streets to support increasing ridership on bikes and scooters of all types, and reinforce shared micromobility’s rising ridership while also prioritizing the need for secure […]

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Cities have seen a dramatic increase in the volume of freight and deliveries moving on their streets. As residents stay home, often by medical necessity, safe and efficient goods movement is critical to ensuring everyone has access to essential items like food and paper goods. Consequently, more people are ordering online goods – online retailers […]

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As lockdown orders start to ease and businesses begin to re-open, ensuring sufficient space for customers and employees alike remains a critical need. For the restaurant industry, which employs over 15 million Americans and operates on thin margins, each table matters. To aid in economic recovery, a growing number of cities are reimagining the street as […]

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Across the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is radically shifting travel patterns, prompting cities to take fast action to help essential workers and the general public get around safely. With an eye to current pressures and future demand, cities are looking to temporary bike and pedestrian facilities as integral parts of their COVID response and recovery […]

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 In the age of physical distancing—with whole sectors of society abruptly online—longstanding questions have new meaning. How can city staff pursue equitable community engagement to promote public health and other goals? Which types of messaging and forms of communication are most effective? What can cities do to craft an engagement plan for the duration […]

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As shelter-in-place orders are extended and social distancing protocols deplete available sidewalk space, cities are grappling with how, or if, they should temporarily limit vehicular traffic on some streets to allow people to safely be outside and make essential trips while remaining at least 6’ apart. Questions abound: how should cities communicate the closures to […]

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How should cities support safe travel for essential trips? What role can streets play in helping people pursue healthy behaviors, and enhance the connections between physical, mental, and immunological health, at a time of social distancing? Join Dr. Keshia Pollack Porter, a nationally-recognized epidemiologist and expert in the connections between the built environment and public […]

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Designing Streets That Save Lives, presented by Curbed

Moderated by Alissa Walker, Curbed’s urbanism editor, the webinar will include short presentations from these notable advocates and policymakers, followed by a discussion and Q&A: Los Angeles Department of Transportation general manager Seleta Reynolds, who is overseeing the build out of a two-way bike network in LA’s downtown, pioneering the concept of play streets, and experimenting with pop-up bike lanes at events. […]

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Digital Design Charrette: Washington, DC

During this Digital Design Charrette, the DDOT active transportation, transit, and curbside management teams will join forces to dig into how to balance the needs of Pennsylvania Avenue SE and keep people moving safely and sustainably as the District grows.   

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Design Training: Complete Streets, Cincinnati

The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) is excited to offer a free, all-day Complete Streets Design Training to the City of Cincinnati’s Department of Transportation and Engineering staff on Tuesday, March 3.

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Digital Design Charrette: Philadelphia

This Digital Design Charrette will critique the draft concept design, with feedback from leading practitioners on topics from geometric design to traffic management to placemaking.

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Digital Design Charrette: San José

Join the City of San José and NACTO for an exciting Digital Design Charrette about what to do with multilane two-way streets slated for both all-ages bikeways and two-way conversion.

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Limiting Opportunities for Speeding

MEMBERS-ONLY WEBINAR Arterials make up just 4 percent of streets, yet they account for a large portion of people killed and severely injured on city streets. Speed kills, and the fastest vehicles are the most likely to have a crash result in an injury or death. However, more and more cities are finding a new […]

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Digital Design Charrette: Saint Paul

Join NACTO, the City of Saint Paul, Metro Transit, Ramsey County, East Metro Strong, and partners from the American Cities Climate Challenge for a digital design charrette on the planned Gold Line BRT project.

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Digital Design Charrette: Honolulu

Members-only event Digital design charrettes are an interactive online forum for planners and engineers to come together and problem solve with their peers, brainstorming solutions for real-world street design questions. They are a chance for cities to get feedback on their most challenging project designs and implementations from practitioners across the NACTO network. Each session […]

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Making it Count: Using Data for Public Outreach

Members-only Webinar Data can be a public information and outreach tool. This session pulls together the previous topics – why data matters and how to get it – into a case study exploring how NYCDOT coordinated their data collection and communications strategies while producing the City’s Vision Zero Action Plans. Kim Wiley-Schwartz, NYC DOT Rob […]

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It’s Crunch Time: How to Get Hard Data

Members-only Webinar Data’s great; how do we get it? Building off part one’s overview, speakers in this session will provide a ground up review of how they get the numbers that get results. Dig into the weeds about how to access hard data, including setting up count programs and performing KSI analysis, and emerge with […]

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Driving Decisions with Data

Members-only webinar Data matters because it gets results. In this session, hear from three presenters about their deliberate use of data: collecting, analyzing, and presenting metrics to not only make informed planning decisions, but also build support and create pathways for future change. Mike Flynn, Sam Schwartz Engineering Laurence Lui, Toronto Transit Commission Sarah Fine, […]

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Digital Design Charrette: San Diego

Members-only event Digital design charrettes are an interactive online forum for planners and engineers to come together and problem solve with their peers, brainstorming solutions for real-world street design questions. They are a chance for cities to get feedback on their most challenging project designs and implementations from practitioners across the NACTO network. Each session […]

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Vision Zero in Practice

Over the next year, California has a unique opportunity to end preventable road deaths through the State Zero Traffic Fatalities task force. Join experts from the California City Transportation Initiative (CaCTI) for a briefing on what makes a good Vision Zero policy work followed by a walking tour of street safety projects right here in Sacramento.

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Swing for the Geofence: Regulating Shared Micromobility Systems

MEMBERS-ONLY WEBINAR As dockless bike and scooter share services have grown in popularity, ensuring they’re only used or parked in authorized locations has posed substantial operational and accessibility challenges. Throughout these growing pains, Operators have sold geofencing as the silver bullet for vehicle management woes. A few years in, is it living up to the […]

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Cities for Cycling Roundtable: San José

Join your peers from across North America for three days of expert panels, breakout conversations, and hands-on design exercises to elevate a single theme: Growing and activating a citywide bike network.

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NACTO Bicycle Planning Workshop

Join East-West Gateway Council of Governments and peers from across the region for this one-day hands-on bikeway design training.

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2019 Bike Share Roundtable

As the field of Shared Micromobility continues to evolve, cities are faced with complex questions about how make room for these systems and their mobility benefits while also balancing the need for secure and equitable operations.   Join NACTO, the City of St. Louis, and the Better Bike Share Partnership for the 2nd Annual Bike […]

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Transportation options in California are significantly different today compared to just a few years ago. In the past decade, California cities have seen a surge in demand for street space from a panorama of new technologies. On-demand bike and rideshare services, dockless devices, autonomous vehicles, to name just a few, are all after a share […]

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Nicole Payne will share her insights on working for greater social equity in transportation programming and policy as the keynote speaker for the 2019 Washington Bike Summit.

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Vision Zero Workshop: Redesigning Major Streets for Safety

Every city has it: it’s your city’s leader in crashes. It is probably five or seven lanes wide and has tens of thousands of cars per day. It’s a big, wide, risky arterial, and this workshop will give a hands-on look at innovative approaches your city can use to tame it. Join this Vision Zero […]

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Curb space is where movement meets access. However, this valuable and flexible public space is not always optimized for its highest and best use. Curb space can be used not only as car parking and loading, but also as the front stoop, sidewalk café, transit hub, freight delivery zone, taxi stand, rain garden, or trash […]

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Oh Snap! Modular Construction Materials

During this members-only webinar, hear rapid-fire presentations from four cities that have implemented modular bulbs and islands, and learn from their experiences with installation, maintenance, and user feedback.

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The lasting impact of destructive urban policies and disinvestment is often the tale of two cities, in a single public realm. As jurisdictions across the country grapple with this legacy, it is critical for practitioners to institutionalize a racial equity lens in order to generate better outcomes on the ground. This interactive workshop will provide […]

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Whether we realize it or not, storytelling is central to our daily lives. Not only do we tell stories with friends & family, storytelling is also a tool we use at work and when influencing change. During this interactive workshop, you’ll learn tools to bring your storytelling to the next level. Whether it’s communicating a […]

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This three-day workshop offers strategies for building and strengthening communities around walking and bicycling. The primary focus will be to learn and experience firsthand the design of various active transportation programs to support increased biking and walking. The first day will focus on the behind-the-scenes effort that it takes to organize Portland’s Sunday Parkways, the […]

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Recently published by NACTO in July 2017, the Urban Street Stormwater Guide provides practitioners, leaders, and other advocates with the tools to design streets for successful stormwater management. The guide is a first-of-its-kind; Corinne Kisner, Deputy Director, will share how collaboration between city transportation, public works, and water departments has created a collection of creative, […]

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As communities have put bikeway plans into effect, the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI) has learned what works and what doesn’t — how to plan effectively, design correctly and make investments that get results. IBPI distilled those lessons into this course, which covers the fundamentals of bikeway design and planning through an intensive […]

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This is a tale of two (kinds of) cities. First, there are the fast-growing coastal megalopolises—including Washington, DC, Seattle, and San Francisco—where an influx of millennials has spurred new investment in housing, transit, parks and other amenities. In those cities, the much celebrated urban revitalization has come at a cost: it has displaced countless long-time […]

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Join NACTO and your peers in Columbus! NACTO and its Affiliate Members are proud to bring together city staff and advocates from cities across Ohio (and its neighbors) on May 31 – June 1 to explore common opportunities and challenges in bikeway implementation.This 2-day Bikeways Roadshow will include a training and hands-on bikeway design charrette led […]

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NACTO Webinar – Fire Trucks and Vision Zero

  In many cities, twin priorities – reducing fire deaths and reducing traffic deaths – come into conflict. Often, standard North American fire trucks require street widths and turning radii that encourage speeding and create unsafe streets. Narrowly focused fire codes force fire departments to react to events, instead of preventatively stopping them. A focus […]

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Join NACTO, NRDC, and the City of Vancouver BC for a cities-only convening on opportunities, challenges, and resources for city congestion pricing. Leading thinkers and top experts in congestion pricing will present on topics ranging from data and modeling to communications and marketing. During this event, we will develop collective and individual actions for moving […]

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The first self-driving vehicles are already on the street, picking up passengers, carrying freight, and sometimes crashing. As William Gibson said, “The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed yet.” The transition from horse and buggy to motorcars reshaped our cities, and the age of autonomous vehicles will as well. Passively waiting […]

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Bike share can help people use traditional transit like buses and trains more easily and often.  Join TransitCenter and America’s top bike share experts from the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) for a lunchtime conversation to discuss how US cities are integrating their bike share and transit systems, and what that means for ridership […]

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A bike lane that ends abruptly in a place that no one views as a destination may add to a city’s mileage total, but it won’t change anyone’s behavior. Similarly, a painted bike lane along a 45mph roadway is highly unlikely to be attractive or safe for children to use when riding to school. Fully connected […]

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NACTO Webinar – Making Transit Count

  Supporting transit in cities means telling a more complete story about streets. So you want to dedicate a lane to transit. Dedicating a lane may reduce the street’s capacity for cars, but through another lens quadruples the capacity of that lane to move people, and can reduce wait time and delay for people riding transit. What […]

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Around the world, cities are grappling with hard questions about expanding and managing their bike share systems, if and how to allow and regulate new dockless companies, how to analyze and use bike share data, and how to ensure that bike share’s mobility benefits are equitably shared. Join NACTO, the City of Austin, and the […]

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Join Lex Lab on March 29th for presentations on innovation in the delivery of legal services and an exclusive discussion on the issues that arise from testing driverless vehicles on public streets. LexTalk speakers will address the ways legal innovation and artificial intelligence will drive change in legal services, legal education, and access to justice. Speakers […]

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At the end of the day, it is the policies and regulations that elected officials adopt at the local, state, and national level that will determine how emerging technologies impact cities and city development. This panel will discuss how cities from Pittsburgh to Portland are tackling these issues and how other cities around the country […]

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Cities and regions across the country are beginning to think ahead to the arrival of self-driving vehicles and other emerging technologies on city streets. This provides an historic opportunity to reclaim streets from the dominance of the automobile and transform them into vibrant, safe activity corridors. In this workshop, participants will explore the ways that […]

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There are many national organizations with an interest in traffic safety. In this session you will hear from prominent organizations whose work impacts safety at the national, state, and local level. These organizations are great potential partners as bicycling and walking advocacy groups lead the push for transformative safety policies and actions in pursuit of […]

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NACTO Webinar – Designing Streets for All Ages & Abilities Cycling

  Streets that are safe and comfortable for All Ages & Abilities bicycling are critical for urban mobility. Building bicycle infrastructure that meets the needs of more riders is essential for cities seeking to improve street safety, provide more equitable access to jobs and opportunities, and bolster local economies. Join this public webinar for an […]

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This training is part of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Sustainable Communities Conference and will be led by Kate Whitfield and NACTO Certified Trainer Tim Gustafson of Alta Planning. This training session will help urban and rural municipalities make their streets safer, more livable and economically vibrant. Drawing on design guides produced by the National Association of City […]

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NACTO Webinar – Public Engagement that Counts

  We’ve all seen it: the public meeting where discussions are derailed, and anger and polarization frames the room. What makes that happen? And how do successful community engagement processes allow for open conversation and dialogue, avoiding pointed debate and frustration? Community buy-in is often the difference between a successful project, and having to go […]

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Mitigating traffic congestion, freeing up parking, and reducing carbon emissions all make good cases for why cities are shifting their transportation planning efforts towards building better bicycle infrastructure. But for some municipalities, the development of bike infrastructure extends beyond these benefits to combat—and even reduce—economic, health, and safety disparities. How can local governments leverage bike […]

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NACTO and BBSP Webinar – Linking Bike Share & Transit

Join NACTO and the Better Bike Share Partnership for a conversation with Bublr Bikes and Milwaukee County Transit System as well as PGH Bike Share to learn how governments and operators have worked together to enhance transportation options. By better integrating bike share payment to more easily combine with public transit, both cities are making great strides towards erasing barriers between services and complementing transit instead of existing in isolation.

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Urban streets are designed to offer accessibility and safety for all users, so low posted speed limits often are established to facilitate these objectives. Operating speeds on these streets often exceed the posted speed limit, however. This workshop introduces the topic of target speeds to urban street design so that operating speeds are consistent with […]

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NACTO Webinar – Curb Your Enthusiasm: Managing High-Demand Curbside Passenger Loading Zones

With an increased demand for curbside space—for parking, loading, deliveries, turn pockets, and other uses—cities across North America are recognizing the value of their curbsides as flexible zones that can vary along a corridor or throughout the day to accommodate a variety of needs. The increase in for-hire vehicle pick-ups and drop-offs in particular has […]

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Join the City of San Antonio, NACTO, and your peers in creating world-class streets. Cities around the country have shown that streets can be changed. San Antonio is stepping up to the challenge of transforming its streets, block by block, into safe and active public spaces that prioritize people and link neighborhoods to the city. […]

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On Monday 20th November and Tuesday 21st in Brussels, PEBSS (Platform for European Bicycle Sharing & Systems) held its Cities + Smart Bike Share Workshop, specifically designed around implementing PEBSS’ Policy Recommendations for Smarter Bike Share, incorporating all forms of bike share, including of course dockless solutions and all variations.

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Workshop: Redesigning Major Arterials for Safety

Join this Vision Zero workshop to learn from cities that have tackled their most dangerous streets, wielding the entire engineering toolbox to not only reduce fatalities but to substantively transform important corridors.

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Global Street Design Guide Training

Join the NACTO Global Designing Cities Initiative team and experts from around the world for an in-depth training on the Global Street Design Guide.

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NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide Training

Whether you have never cracked open the guide, or are seeking to learn the latest, this soup-to-nuts training will start at the basics of bikeway design and finish at emerging practice, including the protected intersection.

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To create transportation networks that support bicycling and walking, transportation professionals can make use of existing infrastructure. This includes traffic signals and engineering treatments at intersections that can take advantage of a wide range of strategies to improve crossings. This webinar will focus on how agencies can use their traffic signals to make intersections safer and […]

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NACTO and its Affiliate Members are proud to bring together city staff and advocates from cities around the Northeast on September 14–15 to explore common opportunities and challenges in bikeway implementation. This 2-day Bikeways Roadshow will include tours of bike infrastructure in New Haven, a hands-on bikeway design charrette led by NACTO staff, as well as informal networking […]

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The New York Bicycling Coalition (NYBC) is working in partnership with the Capital District Transportation Committee(CDTC) to provide a full-day workshop on innovative bikeway design, based on the National Association of City Transportation Officials’ (NACTO) Urban Bikeway Design Guide. The workshop will cover design tools and strategies to transform streets into safe and comfortable places to bike, including protected bike […]

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State Smart Transportation Initiative (SSTI) is holding a webinar on new approaches to measuring bicycle and pedestrian connectivity and accessibility. Measures of destination accessibility by automobile and transit are growing in use. Virginia, for example, evaluates both in project prioritization. Yet measures of bicycle and pedestrian accessibility have taken longer to implement, largely because of […]

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The City of Aurora will host a training on the Urban Street & Urban Bikeway Design Guide, led by NACTO Certified Trainers Rob Burchfield and Jessica Juriga. Workshop will consist of a training on the Guides, as well as a hands-on design charrette based on a site in Aurora. Training objectives include: Urban bikeway facility design, […]

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NACTO Webinar – Cycling Equity: Barriers to Bike Access and Use in Communities of Color

Cities across the U.S. are building more, and higher-quality bike lane networks – resulting in more riders, and increased safety for those taking to two wheels on our cities’ streets. However, this increasingly-popular mode for getting around is not equally accessible to all communities, with Black and Hispanic populations facing both social and infrastructural barriers […]

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Join the City of San José, the Silicon Valley Bike Coalition, NACTO for a social hour to meet other bike advocates from around San José, and to hear about what some other cities are doing to make biking safer and friendlier for everyone   RSVP Here

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Cities for Cycling Technical Meeting

Bringing together the brightest in urban bikeway design and implementation, the C4C Technical Meeting offers cities from around North America a chance to share their work from the past year, and an opportunity to engage in deep-dive discussions of technical and strategic topics.

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Better Bikeways for San José

City of San José staff and civic leaders, along with peer cities from the Bay Area, are invited to join us for a workshop on cutting edge design techniques for better, safer, and more inviting on-street bicycle infrastructure.

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Participate in a workshop on engineering and planning networks of protected bikeways, including how they fit into broader public life efforts and make for people-centered streets. Matthew Roe, Director, Designing Cities Initiative, NACTO Jessica Zenk, Division Manager, Transportation Policy, Planning & Options, City of San Jose John Brazil, Active Transportation Program, City of San Jose […]

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How can the transportation projects be designed to benefit the environment, promote public health, and manage stormwater, all while creating vibrant, attractive, walkable places? And what innovative strategies are cities around the country using to make their streets safer and more resilient? Join the National Complete Streets Coalition and co-host NACTO (the National Association of City […]

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Webinar: NACTO’s Urban Street Stormwater Guide

Excess impervious surface contributes to stormwater runoff, posing a threat to the environment and human health, and often overwhelming sewer systems. By incorporating Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) into the right-of-way, cities can manage stormwater and reap the public health, environmental, and aesthetic benefits of street trees, planters, and greenery in the public realm. With thoughtful […]

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Building a complete, all-ages-and-abilities bikeway network is crucial to encouraging more riding. Learn how NACTO’s new Contextual Guidance for Bikeway Design can help designers and engineers to decide what kind of bike facility will work on any type of street. Craig Toocheck, Program Analyst/Designer, Designing Cities Initiative, NACTO Alex Liaw, Transportation Design Engineer, City of […]

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Hear from Kate Fillin-Yeh, NACTO’s Director of Strategy, on ways to accelerate project delivery in your city. Part of a larger breakout session,  “Build Great Places for Bikes in your Community” at the 2017 PlaceForBikes Conference. 

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Since 2010, over 55 bike share systems have opened across the country, and riders have taken more than 100 million trips.  With this growth comes the need to make sure that bike share is both successful and sustainable, as well as accessible to all community members, regardless of their race or income.  In almost all […]

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NACTO cities have been leading the way in implementing intersection designs using raised elements, such as in protected intersections. Learn about how these elements can be used in various ways to make safer, more comfortable intersections. Craig Toocheck, Program Analyst/Designer, Designing Cities Initiative, NACTO Alex Liaw, Transportation Design Engineer, City of Vancouver This panel is […]

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NACTO Webinar – The Near Miss Project: Quantifying Cyclist Comfort and Safety

Fear of being hit and seriously injured by a car is a major deterrent for people considering whether to bike on city streets. At the same time, city transportation departments use historical crash data to prioritize street design projects where people have been killed and seriously injured. But new research shows that for cyclists, near […]

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The Vision Zero Network is hosting a Vision Zero 101 webinar, covering the basic principles of Vision Zero. This is a great opportunity to learn about Vision Zero’s safe systems approach, how it differs from the traditional traffic safety approach, and how this concept is spreading across the country.

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NACTO and its Affiliate Members are proud to bring together city staff and advocates from cities around the St Louis region on June 8–9 to explore common opportunities and challenges in bikeway implementation. This 2-day Bikeways Roadshow will include tours of bike infrastructure in St. Louis, a hands-on bikeway design charrette led by NACTO staff, as […]

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We all know our cities are changing fast. How are local agencies rising to the challenge to make sure we all keep moving? NACTO, TransitCenter, and Livable Streets are bringing national transportation leaders to Boston to learn how cities across the US are rethinking their streets to boost reliable and safe travel for people on foot, buses, and bikes. […]

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NACTO and TransitCenter are proud to partner with the City of Cambridge and MBTA on the Transit Program Accelerator, a one-year partnership to bring new knowledge, resources, and energy to transit challenges in Cambridge. The City of Cambridge and MBTA are focusing efforts on a priority corridor to transform over the course of the year into […]

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Working Together: Multi-Modal and Multi-Agency Coordination Understanding how transportation fits into the larger context of planning, the built environment and issues that affect cities is critical to working in the transportation field. These organizations tend to think broadly about issues and therefore women working in these “think-tanks” tend to develop skills that are widely applicable […]

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Technology — from autonomous vehicles to traffic sensors — is poised to radically redefine mobility and change the landscape of cities in the 21st century. But moving from current transit infrastructure to what comes next involves solving a wide array of technological, regulatory and design challenges requiring the input and collaboration of stakeholders from across […]

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As Congress prepares to debate infrastructure investments, this briefing will focus on what’s at stake for communities, the importance of 21st century infrastructure investment, green jobs, and ensuring public dollars support the public good. Hosted by the Natural Resources Defense Council Doug Siglin, Executive Director, Anacostia Waterfront Trust Mae Wu, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense […]

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NACTO cities and staff will be meeting to share innovative techniques and best practices for implementing accessible street redesigns in an on-site workshop with FHWA in Minneapolis, along with accessibility experts and members of the U.S. Access Board. This workshop is part of NACTO’s participation in FHWA’s project on Innovative Roadway Design and Accessibility, growing out of new […]

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A flooded street is not a complete street, but stormwater management is often overlooked in urban street design. Increasingly, city transportation departments are partnering with water departments to fully leverage the opportunities for sustainable stormwater management in the right-of-way. Though constrained urban streets have a number of competing demands, green stormwater infrastructure can be integrated […]

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Join NACTO at the American Planning Association’s National Planning Conference in New York City for an in-depth hands-on charrette workshop and peer-to-peer case presentations by cities that have assembled people-first transit corridor design, bike network rollout, and walkable streets to create transit neighborhoods – growing ridership and making cities more equitable at the same time. Better […]

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As bike ridership and infrastructure continue to grow in the US, this panel will examine the benefits that result from safety in numbers for cyclists and other road users. Panelists will discuss resistance to cycling infrastructure and increased ridership despite the added safety benefits, share best practices in incorporating cycling into Vision Zero policy, and […]

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This event is hosted by Detroit Bike Share. Detroit Bike Share is launching this spring with 430 bikes at 43 stations throughout greater Downtown Detroit. With the vision to be the nation’s best-in-class program, Detroit Bike Share will support Detroit’s future as a leader in public mobility systems that serve residents’ and visitors’ diverse transportation […]

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Just another ten minutes of walking a day can lengthen a person’s life by years, but the streets of today are designed primarily for cars, rather than for people. Good design principles and new technologies can help us create more healthy streets, whether in busy commercial districts or suburban areas.

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NACTO will host a Dockless Bike Share Webinar for on Wednesday, April 12, at 1pm ET.   The webinar will focus on new stationless bike share systems, like those sweeping across China, that are planning to deploy large numbers of bikes in US cities quickly and without city approval.  It will feature presenters from 3 cities […]

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The rise of Uber and advent of autonomous vehicles herald a new era in urban mobility while threatening to disrupt public transport infrastructure. How can cities reconcile these competing models while preserving the public interest?

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The Mid-Region Council of Governments (MRCOG) will host a training on the Urban Street Design Guide, led by NACTO Certified Trainers Rob Burchfield and Jeremy Chrzan.

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Protected bikeways, bike lanes separated from traffic due to built elements or parked cars, are the safest way for cyclists to traverse city streets and the best way to get new riders comfortable with urban biking. After a pilot project downtown, San Jose is looking into implement this infrastructure throughout their bike network. Join us […]

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NACTO’s first Digital Transit Street Design Charrette of the new year will be on Wednesday, Jan 18, at 3pm ET. The City of Cambridge will be reviewing concepts and challenges for Massachusetts Avenue, a primary transit and bicycling corridor through the city. For any city interested in learning about and discussing transit priority and high-comfort bikeways […]

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Creating better, more equitable bike share systems and environments for biking requires complete information about current and potential riders.  Intercept surveys (short surveys performed on the street or at bike share stations) collect data that other methods fail to capture–they can target specific locations; reach casual users or people who don’t ride bike share; and get […]

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NACTO, the City of Atlanta, and the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition will host a workshop based on the NACTO Urban Street Design and Urban Bikeway Design Guides. Participants will learn about the Guides and apply their lessons in a workshop. This design charrette format will incorporate classroom and field activities, and provide a forum for dialogue and […]

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NACTO and the Georgia Department of Transportation will host a workshop based on the NACTO Urban Street Design and Urban Bikeway Design Guides. Participants will learn about the Guides and apply their lessons in hands-on design exercises. This event will provide a forum for dialogue and engagement between engineers, planners, and other professionals. Learning objectives: Apply principles of the […]

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NACTO and TransitCenter are thrilled to work with the City of Indianapolis and IndyGo to advance transit-supportive street design strategies and implementations, beginning with this first Transit Program Accelerator Roadshow. Over two intensive days, Department of Public Works and IndyGo staff worked with leading practitioners from peer cities to develop staff capacity, learn about cutting-edge […]

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The day after the Illinois Bike Summit, professional engineers and planners will be the primary intended audience for a training on NACTO’s Urban Bikeway Design Guide and related suburban/rural content. The highly-acclaimed class will be taught by T.Y. Lin International’s Nate Roseberry, with 6 continuing education credit hours available for engineers and planners. Participants will learn […]

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Join APBP and NACTO for a discussion about NACTO’s new Transit Street Design Guide! We’ll discuss how transit streets can be multi-modal streets that are safe and friendly for all users, and see how the principles in the Guide have been employed in two NACTO member cities. NACTO’s Craig Toocheck will give an overview of the […]

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NACTO and its Affiliate Members are proud to bring together city staff and advocates to explore common opportunities and challenges in bikeway implementation. Peer cities from the Nashville region will join to address issues facing cities across the region. Participating cities include: Huntsville, AL Knoxville, TN Chattanooga, TN Indianapolis, IN Lexington, KY Louisville, KY Nashville, TN This […]

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Co-hosted by Ride Illinois, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, and APA-Illinois’ Chicago Metro Section.   Date:  Tuesday, May 24, 2016; 8:30am–3:00pm Location:  Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, Willis Tower – 8th floor, 233 S. Wacker Dr, Chicago Registration Info:  rideillinois.org/events (will be ready later today) Contact – Ed Barsotti, Ride Illinois: [email protected].

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In 2014, Americans took 10.8 billion trips on public transit, the highest since the dawn of the highway era. But most of these trips are on streets that were designed to move private cars, with transit as an afterthought. On April 27, join Matthew Roe, Director of NACTO’s Designing Cities Initiative for a discussion about how NACTO’s new Transit Street Design Guide can help streets of every size be redesigned to create great transit streets, supporting strong neighborhoods and downtowns.

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Book Launch: Transit Street Design Guide

Celebrate the launch of the NACTO Transit Street Design Guide at the New York Transit Museum in Downtown Brooklyn. Join contributors from the MTA, the NYC Department of Transportation, TransitCenter, and NACTO for a conversation about the much-needed link between transit planning, transportation engineering, and street design. $10 members of the public | FREE for […]

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Boston Cities for Cycling Roadshow: Protected Intersections

The protected intersection is emerging as a key component of all-ages-and-abilities bike networks in North America. With more cities implementing protected intersections, NACTO members are in need of guidance and research to facilitate their design and implementation. This Cities for Cycling Roadshow will provide an opportunity to discuss the design and maintenance of protected intersections, and to develop recommended guidance for inclusion in the […]

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NACTO and the City of Phoenix, in partnership with Valley Metro, are pleased to offer this full day workshop focusing on innovative street and bikeway design, including modules from NACTO’s forthcoming Transit Street Design Guide. Staff will come together to envision transformation of their city streets, covering topics including: Urban street design principles Transit-supportive treatments and strategies […]

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The 2016 Annual Meeting of NACTO Members will take place in Washington, DC.

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Getting streets to work for transit is indispensable to the urban future. The Transit Street Design Guide sets a new vision for how cities can harness the immense potential of transit to create active and efficient streets, in neighborhoods and downtowns alike. Following NACTO’s popular Urban Street Design Guide and Urban Bikeway Design Guide, the Guide details how reliable transit routes – whether […]

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To-go lunches will be available before the afternoon’s Walkshops

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Breakfast will be available in the Ballroom from 8:00-8:45am

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NACTO, League of Illinois Bicyclists, and Campaign County Bikes are pleased to offer a full-day workshop on innovative bikeway design, based on the NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide.

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Breakfast will be available in the Ballroom from 8:00-8:45am

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Opening Reception

An opportunity to meet transportation officials, staff, and practitioners from NACTO member cities across North America

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From Berwick to Sydney communities across Nova Scotia are asking how to create vibrant main street districts that balance the needs of all road users. The National Association of City Transportation Officials will be in Halifax on June 12th to teach engineers, planners, and landscape architects how to design our streets to encourage active transportation […]

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The nation’s foremost design training for urban streets is coming to Memphis, TN. A workshop based on the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide will be convened by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) in conjunction with the National Association of City
Transportation Officials (NACTO), with support from the US DOT Federal Highway Administration.

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NACTO, the City of Denver, and DRCOG will host a workshop based on the NACTO Urban Street Design and Urban Bikeway Design Guides. Participants will learn about the Guides and apply their lessons in a workshop. This design charrette format will incorporate classroom and field activities, and provide a forum for dialogue and engagement between […]

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As part of the Oregon Active Transportaiton Summit, NACTO will hold an all-day training on its Urban Bikeway Design Guide conducted by practitioners working in Portland and nationally to promote and refine best practice bikeway designs.

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This training will be a combination of presentations and a charrette to allow attendees to apply some of the concepts in the Urban Street Design Guide to redesign an intersection in downtown Portland.

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Santa Clara County-San Jose Street Design Workshop

San José and cities across Santa Clara County face a challenge familiar to many U.S. cities: becoming more equitable, sustainable and safer places to live, work, and play, while connecting a growing population to jobs, neighborhoods, and businesses. Prioritizing spatially efficient modes – transit, biking, and walking – is critical for these cities. Yet the street network inherited from earlier waves of growth […]

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The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) in conjunction with National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) and with support from the US DOT Federal Highway Administration, will host a workshop based on the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide. Participants will analyze a corridor with a critical intersection in Washington, DC, evaluating its potential as a […]

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Impact Hub, 901 Mission Street, San Francisco Co-hosted by YPT San Francisco Bay and NACTO. Sponsored by Kittelson & Associates.

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The City of Charlotte, in partnership with the Knight Foundation and NACTO, are pleased to offer this full day workshop focusing on innovative bikeway design.

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The Green Lane Project and the City of Atlanta, in partnership with the Atlanta Regional Commission, are pleased to offer this full day workshop focusing on innovative bikeway design.

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The face of city streets is changing rapidly. The NACTO Urban Street Design Guide is setting a new tone for the American street, starting with local-level innovation and expertise. At this session during the Pro Walk Pro Bike Pro Place conference, learn from practitioners about how they are working to transform their streets and their […]

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Join NACTO and the Green Lane Project for a full-day training on the Urban Bikeway Design Guide, a state-of-the-practice manual for designing bicycle facilities in urban areas.

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On June 19-20, NACTO will host a meeting of its Cities for Cycling peer-to-peer group in Chicago, Illinois. This two-day meeting, the first of its kind since the launch of the Urban Bikeway Design Guide development in 2010, will focus on advancing the state of the practice of bikeway design in the United States and building community throughout the NACTO network. […]

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How can you adopt (or create) a street design manual for your community that helps create beautiful, safe and delightful streets? And is a better manual really the answer to your city’s street design problems?

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The San Mateo County Health System and Grand Boulevard Initiative have organized three trainings to introduce city and regional leaders and practitioners to emerging engineering guidelines that enable sustainable street designs that maximize the opportunity for safe, walkable and bikeable communities.

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Take a page from the National Association of City Transportation Officials’ new Urban Street Design Guide and explore the cutting-edge techniques being used in two very different urban environments — Atlanta and New York.

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Oakland Cities for Cycling Road Show

Increasing opportunities for bicycling is critical to Oakland’s economic development and sustainability goals. Oakland’s climate, culture, topography, and urban setting all suggest an ideal city for bicycling. Yet, Oakland’s existing bicycle network has gaps and does not take advantage of many emerging design innovations. Moreover, at current funding and staffing it will take 10 years before Oakland will have the capacity to proactively […]

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On March 2-3, 2014, leaders drawn from across North America’s burgeoning bike share industry will convene for a two-day summit on the state and future of bike share. The meeting, which follows a 2013 roundtable of bike share system owners convened by the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) in Denver last September, will gather […]

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Austin Cities for Cycling Road Show

A pioneer bicycle-friendly city in the southwest, Austin has successfully boosted their bike mode share through ambitious expansions of their on and off-street bike network. Moving forward, the city is committed to building more protected bike lanes and was one of several cities selected to participate in the Green Lane Project.

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Urban Street Design Guide Release Event

Based on the groundbreaking work and collaboration of cities across the nation, the Urban Street Design Guide harnesses the innovation and expertise of our nations’ foremost engineers, planners, and designers working in the public realm today.

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Bike Share Roundtable: Denver

In September 2013, NACTO hosted a national consortium of bike share owners and non-profit operators in Denver, Colorado. The discussion focused on major challenges and opportunities for the industry as well as best practices in bike share marketing, sponsorship, and operations. This roundtable was the first meeting of a large, diverse group representing 29 cities with operational […]

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Indianapolis Cities for Cycling Roadshow

On May 9-10, 2013, NACTO’s Cities for Cycling Road Show series headed to Indianapolis, IN. The Road Show coincided with the ribbon-cutting for the Indianapolis Cultural Trail, a urban bike and pedestrian pathway running through the heart of Downtown Indy.

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City transportation officials from Austin, Indianapolis and New York gathered on January 24-25, 2013 in Memphis, Tennessee to envision the role bicycling will play in the city’s future growth and development. The event, a Cities for Cycling Road Show that took place over the course of two days, consisted of a series of peer-to-peer dialogues […]

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Enjoy cocktails and mingling at Battery Gardens in Lower Manhattan.

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Meet the Cities “Speed Dating” Activity Check out the latest sustainable transportation projects around the nation.

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Webinar: Urban Bikeway Design Guide, 2nd Edition

This webinar was originally scheduled for July 11, 2012. The date has been changed to September 5, 2012. NACTO’s Urban Bikeway Design Guide has quickly emerged as the preeminent resource for designing safe, protected bikeways in cities across the United States. NACTO will release the second edition of the guide in the fall, with updated graphic […]

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Join us March 29th & 30th to learn how cities around the United States are redesigning their streets to be bicycle friendly. Representatives from Austin, Boston, and Washington, D.C. will share lessons learned and best practices in bikeway design, bike sharing, and related topics.

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Bike Share in the United States: Lessons Learned and Emerging Best Practices for Integrating Public Transportation and Planning NACTO held a bike share workshop in March 2012 to discuss emerging trends and best practices in bike sharing in the United States. The national meeting was the first of its kind, convening bike share owners, operators, […]

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2012 Annual Meeting

2012 Annual Meeting Agenda

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The Buses Are Coming: The Growth of Curbside Bus Operations This session traces the birth of the curbside bus industry in the United States from a chartered van service for Chinese immigrants to an operation that served more than 4.2 million in 2007 and includes more than 2,500 trips a week between New York, Washington, […]

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With a vision of installing 100 miles of protected bike lanes over 4 years, the City of Chicago hosts NACTO experts from New York, Portland, and San Francisco to help them lead the way. Host Chicago Department of Transportation Commissioner Gabe Klein Presenters Jon Orcutt, Policy Director, New York City Department of Transportation Robert Burchfield, […]

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“State of the Practice: Parking Management and Pricing in the United States” (San Francisco, September 22-23) brought together city parking policy makers and managers from around the country to share lessons learned, best practices and plans for the future. Advanced technologies and new ways of thinking about parking management are transforming cities throughout the world. […]

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Bike Share and Cities for Cycling Roundtable: Alexandria, Arlington, Baltimore, and Washington, DC

The Better Bike Share Partnership, and the cities of Alexandria, Arlington, Baltimore, and Washington, DC are bringing together government practitioners from across the country to participate in a joint Bike Share and Cities for Cycling Roundtable. This event will provide peer learning opportunities to explore how bike and scooter share might impact what cities need for bike lane […]

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