NACTO’s peer networks are communities of practitioners employed in NACTO member cities and agencies, organized around specific topics and areas of interest.
Each peer network meets quarterly—virtually and in person at our Designing Cities Conference—and has its own dedicated discussion group in our members-only online community forum. NACTO members or staff actively manage each peer network, ensuring timely discussions and knowledge sharing.
➔ Anyone who works for a NACTO member city or agency can join any of our peer networks. If you do not work for a member agency, we will not approve your request to join, but we welcome you to learn more about how your agency can become a member.
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Cities for Cycling
A home for planners, program managers, and engineers to discuss all things related to bikes and other small things with wheels, including network planning and implementation, bike programs, policy, facility design, and research needs.
MEMBERS ONLY
Curb Management
Staff across NACTO member agencies who are working to develop and implement priorities for the urban curb lane, with discussions covering regulations, messaging, design standards, data collection and analysis, and more. Home to the Best Practices at the Curb Working Group.
MEMBERS ONLY
Emerging Technology and Innovation
A multidisciplinary Peer Network that discusses emerging topics in transportation technology and new mobility, including data management, systems integration, electrification, and more. Home to the Autonomous Vehicles Working Group.
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Policy
Open to anyone interested in discussing administrative, regulatory, and legislative matters at the federal, state, and regional levels. Conversations may inform NACTO’s Policy Platform. Home to the Federal Grants Working Group.
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Public Realm
Planners, program managers, and others who work on public space projects in their cities exchange ideas and successes in outdoor dining, open streets, plazas, special events in the public right of way, and more.
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Safe System / Vision Zero
A place for transportation planners, designers, policy makers, and outreach teams to exchange information, inspire each other, and ask questions as they implement a Safe System approach and achieve Vision Zero.
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Shared Micromobility
For city and transit agencies offering shared micromobility to discuss system design, contract and permit terms, pricing, equitable program management, and more.
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Strategizing for Success
A space for NACTO members to connect and share ideas that lead to more sustainable and impactful work. Topics include project delivery, organizational structure, values-aligned project prioritization, community relations, storytelling, and staff well-being.
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Street Design
Engineers, designers, and landscape architects across NACTO members share successes, ask questions, and offer insights on designing safe, multimodal city streets. Home to the National Standards Committee.
MEMBERS ONLY
Transit
City and transit agency staff come together to discuss how design, policy, and operations can improve transit reliability and service on city streets.
Working Groups
NACTO convenes working groups within its peer networks, bringing together a small group of practitioners to support a specific NACTO workstream or the development of a new NACTO publication. Participation is an opportunity to catalyze meaningful change in the transportation field, informing best-practice research and concrete guidance that your peers will use.
Autonomous Vehicles
Share resources, exchange lessons, and boost best practices to promote the safe and equitable deployment of autonomous vehicles on city streets.
Best Practices at the Curb
Inform, guide, and refine NACTO’s work products related to the curb lane as part of a small group of practitioners across the U.S. and Canada. Email Stefanie to learn more about participation.
Federal Grants
Discuss discretionary grants awarded by U.S. DOT and other federal agencies. Members of this group will inform NACTO’s advocacy on behalf of those grant programs.
National Standards Committee
A formal working group of member agency practitioners working directly to advance transportation design practice at the national and state levels.
Transit Priority
Share strategies for improving bus speed and reliability through regular peer-learning sessions. Members of this group inform NACTO’s transit-priority activities.
