NACTO Congratulates Pete Buttigieg
On behalf of 80 city transportation departments and transit agencies across the U.S., NACTO congratulates Mayor Pete Buttigieg on his nomination as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation.
NACTO Congratulates Pete Buttigieg
NACTO Congratulates Pete Buttigieg
Over 2020, as the demand for rapid response projects grew and city budgets shrank, NACTO launched a competitive grant opportunity to ten cities working to put the Streets for Pandemic Response and Recovery principles into action. We sought applications from city transportation agencies that, in partnership with community-based organizations, were reimagining streets, implementing ideas, and…
NACTO Congratulates Pete Buttigieg
In the United States, 80% of people live in cities and urbanized areas. Today, America’s cities and the people who live in them are struggling, and are facing the intertwined crises of a global pandemic, systemic racism, and accelerating climate change. Across the country, city governments are laying off or furloughing staff, further limiting the…
NACTO Congratulates Pete Buttigieg
NACTO congratulates President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and looks forward to working with the Biden-Harris administration on transportation policy that supports safe mobility, economic opportunity, racial justice, and respect for people and communities across the country.
NACTO Congratulates Pete Buttigieg
In blocking New York City, Portland, and Seattle from receiving Federal Transit Administration research grants, the Trump Administration is using arbitrary and politically-motivated pretext to deny cities and transit agencies the funding they need to make transit safer amidst the ongoing pandemic. NACTO: Alex Engel | alex@nacto.orgTransitCenter: David Bragdon | dbragdon@transitcenter.orgTransportation for America: Jenna Fortunati …
NACTO Congratulates Pete Buttigieg
What started in 2010 as a nascent concept, untested in North American cities, closed out the decade as a fast-growing and increasingly indispensable part of city transportation systems. Stretching from docked bike share systems to dockless bike and scooters, the field of shared micromobility has expanded and evolved over the past 10 years. Today, NACTO…
NACTO Congratulates Pete Buttigieg
What started in 2010 as a nascent concept, untested in North American cities, closed out the decade as a fast-growing and increasingly indispensable part of city transportation systems. Stretching from docked bike share systems to dockless bike and scooters, the field of shared micromobility has expanded and evolved over the past 10 years. Today, NACTO…
NACTO Congratulates Pete Buttigieg
The COVID-19 crisis has amplified the existing crisis of racial inequity, and pandemic response is inextricably linked with the fight for racial justice. As cities across the US begin to ease restrictions on non-essential travel and businesses, and implement projects and policies designed for recovery, we cannot return to a pre-pandemic normal that disinvested in…
NACTO Congratulates Pete Buttigieg
New urban design resource focuses on children and caregivers, offering practical solutions and inspiration to make streets safer and more welcoming for all.
NACTO Congratulates Pete Buttigieg
Over 35,000 people die on U.S. roadways every year, at a rate twice as high as peer countries. Current speed limit setting practice results in unsafe streets; new NACTO guidelines outline how to use a tested and proven safe systems approach to set safer speed limits in urban areas Speeds and crash severity have increased…