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USDOT’s “Reconnecting Communities” Program Can Help Right Historical Transportation Wrongs

USDOT’s “Reconnecting Communities” Program Can Help Right Historical Transportation Wrongs

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…

USDOT’s “Reconnecting Communities” Program Can Help Right Historical Transportation Wrongs

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…

USDOT’s “Reconnecting Communities” Program Can Help Right Historical Transportation Wrongs

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…

USDOT’s “Reconnecting Communities” Program Can Help Right Historical Transportation Wrongs

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concerned educators, parents, and prominent consumer safety advocates–implored the Biden Administration to update the outdated ratings…

USDOT’s “Reconnecting Communities” Program Can Help Right Historical Transportation Wrongs

Administration Commits to Proven Best Practices in USDOT’s National Roadway Safety Strategy NACTO applauds USDOT for its bold goal of zero deaths on America’s roads, and for committing to reorienting the department around a proven safe systems approach to safety.  These promising commitments include: “This Administration knows first-hand the physical, economic, and emotional impact of…