At NACTO, our work is driven by the people in our community working to make the world kinder. Unfortunately, last week we lost one of our own: Louisa Gag. Louisa, a lifelong resident of Boston, was struck and killed by a truck driver while riding her bike to work. Louisa’s friends and colleagues remember her…
Over 12 years, the Better Bike Share Partnership helped transform shared mobility through equity-centered policy, partnerships, and community investment. After more than a decade of work, the Better Bike Share Partnership (BBSP) is coming to a close. Over 12 years, BBSP reshaped the shared micromobility field by increasing equitable access, strengthening community partnerships, and creating…
The NACTO community is mourning a profound loss. Last Friday, Riley O’Neil, a Complete Streets Planner with the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT), was struck and killed while riding his bike in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood. Losing a colleague to the very traffic violence he worked so tirelessly to prevent is a heartbreaking shock. Many across…
Last month, over 1,000 city transportation practitioners headed to Minneapolis for the 14th NACTO Designing Cities Conference. Buildings and bridges glowed in NACTO green. Hundreds of people gathered after dark to cheer for the Minneapolis overnight painting crew as they striped road lines. And participants spread out across the city and region to experience and…
Bill Would Provide Continuity, While Leaving Longstanding Transportation Funding Issues Unaddressed Last week, the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee advanced its bipartisan BUILD America 250 Act (BA250) with a vote of 62-2. This bill gives us a first look at Congress’s priorities for transportation funding ahead of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) expiration…
During a recent webinar, the Portland Bureau of Transportation shared how they propose to regulate robotaxi services for public benefit Robotaxis aren’t in the future—they’re operating in dozens of cities. And more are coming soon. As cities have learned from previous arrivals of new technologies—from ride-hail to free-floating bikes and scooters—these new services integrate well…
Insights from 20 cities at the March 2026 Better Bike Share Partnership Shared Micromobility Roundtable in Tucson, Arizona Behind every shared micromobility program is a team of people figuring out how to make it work in their city. Last month, 30 of these practitioners representing 20 cities gathered in Tucson, Arizona, for the 2026 Better…
Cities and transit agencies across North America are improving transit service with tools like dedicated bus lanes, transit signal priority, queue jumps, optimized bus stop spacing, and automated camera enforcement. But it’s hard to grasp the full scale of these activities, because no one is tracking transit priority programs across state and regional lines. Until…
Altamonte Springs, Florida; Falls Church, Virginia; Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, join network of more than 100 city transportation agencies The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) is proud to announce that the cities of Altamonte Springs, Florida; Falls Church, Virginia; Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, have joined the more…