For Immediate ReleaseApril 14, 2016 Press Contact:Alexander Engelalex@nacto.org646.324.2919 Transportation directors from North America’s largest cities have announced the release of a new design guide for building world-class transit streets—providing a framework for cities to grow without slowing down, while making city streets great places to be. The Transit Street Design Guide, published by the National…
NEW YORK (July 25, 2014) – Less than a year after the National Association of City Transportation Officials released its Urban Street Design Guide, the US Department of Transportation endorsed this vision for safe, sustainable, city-friendly street designs. Federal support for the Guide ensures that practitioners have both the permission and the flexibility to design streets that support…
New York, NY, December 18, 2013 Less than two months after National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) President and NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Janette Sadik‐Khan kicked off a nationwide endorsement campaign for the Urban Street Design Guide, Washington State DOT and a group of 23 cities have led the charge with strong…
Washington, D.C., September 23, 2013 The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) unveiled a new design manual for city streets today. A blueprint for the 21st century streetscape, the Urban Street Design Guide demonstrates how streets of every size can be reimagined and reoriented as safe, sustainable public spaces for people walking, driving, biking,…
National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) President and New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer today announced that the Urban Bikeway Design Guide, the most comprehensive resource for creating safer, more attractive and livable streets for everyone through better designed bikeways, is…