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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

Coming off the success of the 2020 Streets for Pandemic Response and Recovery grant program, NACTO again offered a competitive grant opportunity to ten city transportation agencies. With funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies, city agencies partnered with community-based organizations working to center community expertise in Covid-19 response and recovery. As cities continued to face challenges from…

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

Directing this unprecedented funding to the right projects could improve everyday life for millions of people Corinne Kisner, Executive Director of NACTO, issued the following statement in response to President Biden signing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law:  Today, President Biden signed into law a $1.2 trillion dollar opportunity to directly address America’s…