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…
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.…
On behalf of 80 city transportation departments and transit agencies across the U.S., NACTO congratulates Pete Buttigieg on his confirmation as the U.S. Secretary 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,…
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…