To successfully connect people to the places, resources, and opportunities they need to thrive, transportation departments and transit agencies must put equity at the center of their work. That basic principle forms the foundation of NACTO’s new webinar series, Operationalizing Equity, which kicked off last month with a presentation from Kate Riordan, Senior Transportation Planner…
Meet eight individuals from across the U.S. shaping a more equitable transportation system.
NACTO works hard to advocate for innovative policy and design solutions that will make our transportation systems safer, more sustainable, and more equitable. That’s why we’re excited to announce that Stefanie Seskin is joining our team as Director of Policy and Practice!
Members of this year’s Transportation Justice Fellowship share their experiences with the program, which was designed to support and amplify professionals of color working in the mobility field. This announcement was originally shared on the Better Bike Share Partnership website. Read the full post here. In 2021, the Better Bike Share Partnership (BBSP) launched the…
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…
This is the fifth grant to support the work of the Better Bike Share Partnership since its inception in 2014.
An engaged, vibrant community has always been at the core of NACTO’s work. And nowhere is the unique importance and power of that community clearer than at our annual Designing Cities Conference. This year, for #NACTO2023, we gathered 1,200 transportation planners, engineers, policymakers and other practitioners in Denver. Practitioners from over 200 cities across North…
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…
Meet 12 individuals from across the country shaping a more equitable transportation system.
The working paper encourages policymakers to overhaul laws, including eliminating those used to unfairly criminalize people on bikes.