There’s change underfoot in Bellevue–literally. A light rail alignment is being tunneled beneath Bellevue’s downtown, ultimately connecting the city with Seattle to the west via high-capacity transit. This is a game-changer for the former high-tech bedroom community: this scale of transportation investment is poised to transform Bellevue’s built environment and transportation culture, shifting decades of…
Off the Drawing Board is a series that revisits past hosts of Digital Design Charrettes, an interactive webinar that connects host cities with peers from across the NACTO network to brainstorm solutions to real-world design challenges.
Corinne Kisner, Executive Director of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), issued the following statement in response to recommendations from the NTSB to improve bicyclist safety: For the first time since 1972, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) turned its attention to bicycle safety and released a series of recommendations to protect people…
This Effort, Part of the American Cities Climate Challenge, is a Down Payment on SA Climate Ready, San Antonio’s Commitment to Emissions Reductions
Site Visits Kick Off Climate Challenge Accelerators in Three Cities A central goal of the Climate Challenge is to help cities develop impactful projects that will lower their carbon emissions. Its focus extends beyond this, however. The Climate Challenge is also about helping cities create institutional change; identifying and strengthening the partnerships and procedures necessary…
With 84 Million Trips Taken on Shared Bikes and Scooters Across the U.S. in 2018, Guidance Codifies Best Practices for Achieving City Goals and Maximizing Public Benefit For Immediate Release | September 11, 2019Contact: Alexander Engel | alex@nacto.org | 646-568-0747 (m) (Toronto) The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), today released updated city-developed comprehensive…
The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) today released the second edition of the Blueprint for Autonomous Urbanism
Zabe Brings Nearly Two Decades of Wide-Ranging Experience to Advance Organization’s Mission of Raising the State of Practice for Street Design in North America
Last year, the City of Chattanooga redesigned a 3-mile stretch of E. Martin Luther King Boulevard, a major 4-lane east-west street in the city. This project was initiated to address longstanding safety concerns along the corridor, where the 85th percentile speed was 10-15 mph over the speed limit and the crash rate was 2.5 times…
California is in the midst of a traffic safety crisis and its cities are on the front lines in solving it. In 2017, over 3,500 people were killed by cars in the state. Committing to the philosophy that even one death is too many, 11 cities in California have adopted Vision Zero, a systems-based set…