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USDOT Continues Support for Local Transportation Initiatives With Transformational Safety, Equity, and Climate Impacts

June 29, 2023

Corinne Kisner, Executive Director of NACTO, issued the following statement in response to USDOT’s recent award of more than $2.2 billion in RAISE grants: NACTO commends the Biden-Harris administration for funding over 150 groundbreaking local transportation initiatives nationwide, which will significantly enhance the quality of life for millions of people across the country. These projects…

USDOT Continues Support for Local Transportation Initiatives With Transformational Safety, Equity, and Climate Impacts

June 22, 2023

Corinne Kisner, Executive Director of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), today issued the following statement in response to projections from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that show 9,330 people died in traffic crashes in the U.S. in the first three months of 2023, a 3.3% decrease from the same period…

USDOT Continues Support for Local Transportation Initiatives With Transformational Safety, Equity, and Climate Impacts

May 14, 2023

Conference spotlights citywide mobility projects, kicks off Sunday with Viva Streets

USDOT Continues Support for Local Transportation Initiatives With Transformational Safety, Equity, and Climate Impacts

March 14, 2023

Corinne Kisner, Executive Director of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), today issued the following statement in response to the launch of the US Department of Transportation’s new Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program.

USDOT Continues Support for Local Transportation Initiatives With Transformational Safety, Equity, and Climate Impacts

February 28, 2023

Corinne Kisner, Executive Director of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), today issued the following statement in response to projections from the Governors Highway Safety Association that U.S. pedestrian deaths rose 5% in the first half of 2022 compared to the year before:

USDOT Continues Support for Local Transportation Initiatives With Transformational Safety, Equity, and Climate Impacts

February 28, 2023

Corinne Kisner, Executive Director of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) announcement awarding $185 million in grants to reconnect communities previously divided by transportation infrastructure:

USDOT Continues Support for Local Transportation Initiatives With Transformational Safety, Equity, and Climate Impacts

January 31, 2023

NACTO applauds the Biden-Harris Administration for not only providing urgently-needed funding through Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) to dozens of communities to stem the traffic safety crisis, but also for working with cities across the country to design the program to maximize the number of lives it will save on local streets. Safe…

USDOT Continues Support for Local Transportation Initiatives With Transformational Safety, Equity, and Climate Impacts

January 30, 2023

Over the weekend, we, like many, witnessed the brutal reality of state-sanctioned violence in the United States. All of us at NACTO are sickened and outraged by the police killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis. Nichols’ encounter with the police began with a traffic stop, underscoring the many ways in which racism, police violence, and…

USDOT Continues Support for Local Transportation Initiatives With Transformational Safety, Equity, and Climate Impacts

December 1, 2022

New data snapshot finds micromobility has become a crucial part of city transportation networks across the U.S., and that bikeshare and e-scooter systems were key to moving essential workers during the pandemic. As the bike boom continues, city approaches to regulating micromobility must evolve.

USDOT Continues Support for Local Transportation Initiatives With Transformational Safety, Equity, and Climate Impacts

October 14, 2022

Supporters urge the Biden Administration to urgently advance this commonsense rule.