10 NACTO Member Cities Selected to Receive $50,000 for Projects with Community-Based Organizations The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies, today announced the winners of Streets for Pandemic Response and Recovery grants, which provide short-term funding and technical assistance to cities to help them adapt streets in service of…
New report in lead-up to Amazon Prime Day highlights cities tackling gridlocked streets, strained delivery services NEW YORK CITY — The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), Bloomberg Associates and the Pembina Institute today released Building Healthy Cities in the Doorstep-Delivery Era: Sustainable urban freight solutions from around the world, a report that identifies…
Corinne Kisner, Executive Director of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), today issued the following statement in response to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s INVEST in America Act:
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 Senate Committee of Environment and Public Works’ Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021: We cannot fix what’s wrong with American transportation without fixing the fundamentals, and EPW’s proposed bill…
50+ Cities, Transit Agencies, Practitioners and National Organizations Call for Overhauling and Modernizing Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) Media contact: Alex Engel | alex@nacto.org By the end of Friday, May 14th, thousands of Americans had submitted over 25,000 comments in a once-in-a-decade opportunity to ask FHWA to make key…
10 NACTO members will receive $50,000 grants for street redesigns that address disproportionate health and economic impacts of COVID-19 The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies, today announced a second round of a short-term grant program to adapt streets in service of communities disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Corinne Kisner, Executive Director of the National Association of City Transportation Officials today issued the following statement in response to Biden’s pledge to reduce U.S. carbon emissions 50% by 2030:
Today, a White police officer was held accountable for killing a Black man, George Floyd. This unanimous jury decision is a small step to progress. There is much more to do on our path to justice. The racist systems that led to George Floyd’s murder, including in our streets and transportation systems, remain, as we…
Elected board includes visionary leaders from Denver, Philadelphia, Austin, Chicago, and Oakland The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) today announced the election of Eulois Cleckley, Executive Director of the Denver Department of Transportation & Infrastructure, as the board’s President. NACTO’s previous President, Robin Hutcheson, former Director of the Minneapolis Department of Public Works,…
The White House’s American Jobs Plan Would Reorient the Country’s Transportation Priorities, Focusing on Safety, Equity, Climate, and Access “President Biden’s plan is the most visionary proposal for the nation’s transportation network since the dawn of the interstate highway system,” said Janette Sadik-Khan, NACTO Chair. “Rather than doubling down on building new roads that worsen…