Corinne Kisner, Executive Director of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), made the following statement in response to a record 7% increase in traffic fatalities in the U.S.: Today, the United States’ latest safety numbers brought tragic–yet unsurprising–news: far too many people in the U.S. die in preventable traffic crashes, and the country’s…
Corinne Kisner, Executive Director of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), made the following statement in response to Biden’s signage of the Inflation Reduction Act into law: NACTO congratulates the Biden Administration and Congressional leadership for passing and signing into law the Inflation Reduction Act–a landmark achievement that will dramatically reduce greenhouse gas…
Corinne Kisner, Executive Director of NACTO, issued the following statement in response to USDOT’s award of more than $2 billion in RAISE grants: NACTO applauds the Biden-Harris administration for funding more than 150 innovative transportation projects across the country that will meaningfully improve peoples’ lives. These projects will make the country’s transportation system measurably safer,…
The working paper encourages policymakers to overhaul laws, including eliminating those used to unfairly criminalize people on bikes.
The leaders of the three cities–which are jointly hosting the conference from September 7th-10th–share their vision for the future of transit and streets in the region. Mayor Michelle Wu of Boston, Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui of Cambridge, and Mayor Katjana Ballantyne of Somerville announced today that they will attend and give keynote speeches at the 2022…
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 Biden Administration’s announcement of a proposed new rule requiring States to measure and set targets for greenhouse gas emissions from transportation that are in line with the Paris agreement:…
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 U.S. Department of Transportation’s announcement of a new pilot program to reconnect communities previously divided by transportation infrastructure: NACTO applauds the U.S. Department of Transportation’s launch of its new…
Corinne Kisner, Executive Director of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), today issued the following statement in response to the US Supreme Court’s decision to limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s powers under the Clean Air Act. NACTO is deeply concerned by today’s decision by the Supreme Court to limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s…
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 calls for state and federal “gas tax holidays”: The dramatically increasing cost of vehicles, insurance, and gas underscores the urgency of shifting our transportation system away from one mode–private cars–to…
The Vehicles Most Likely to Kill Pedestrians and Cyclists Routinely Receive Four and Five-Star Safety Ratings from the Federal Government By the end of Wednesday, June 8th, more than 15,000 Americans–from political officeholders, to safety officials, to transportation experts, concerned educators, parents, and prominent consumer safety advocates–implored the Biden Administration to update the outdated ratings…