One year ago today, the world watched in horror as George Floyd, a Black man, was brutally killed by a White police officer, sparking months of worldwide protests, and spurring a long-overdue national conversation on pervasive racism in America. Mr. Floyd’s murderer was found guilty, an important measure of accountability, but there is still much…
Corinne Kisner, Executive Director and Janette Sadik-Khan, Chair of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), today issued the following statement in response to the Senate Committee of Environment and Public Works’ Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021: We cannot fix what’s wrong with American transportation without fixing the fundamentals, and EPW’s proposed bill…
50+ Cities, Transit Agencies, Practitioners and National Organizations Call for Overhauling and Modernizing Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) Media contact: Alex Engel | alex@nacto.org By the end of Friday, May 14th, thousands of Americans had submitted over 25,000 comments in a once-in-a-decade opportunity to ask FHWA to make key…
Picture the last time you caught a bus, crossed a street, or rode a bike to meet a friend or make an appointment. Most likely, you encountered an unsafe intersection, waited too long at a light (or didn’t have a pedestrian signal to begin with), navigated an unsafe bike route, or found yourself stuck on…
Just over 100 days ago, National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman read “The Hill We Climb” at President Biden’s inauguration. Since then, Biden and his administration have passed the long-needed American Rescue Plan, forestalling a collapse of the country’s essential transit systems and city-provided services, as well as set ambitious goals for climate, equity, and…