Recent Streetsblog USA posts about AASHTO

NACTO: Feds Already Greenlighting Bikeway Design Innovations

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 10, 2011 | 2 Comments

The National Association of City Transportation Officials’ Urban Bikeway Design Guide was 20 years in the making, and already it’s having an impact, says the organization’s Mia Birk. Bringing together transportation officials from 20 major cities to discuss progress on bikeway designs in the U.S. produced quite a few “aha moments,” said Birk. For one, […]

New Bikeway Design Guide Could Bring Safer Cycling to More American Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 9, 2011 | 17 Comments

Better bicycling infrastructure could be coming to a city near you thanks to an initiative of the National Association of City Transportation Officials. NACTO’s Cities for Cycling committee today released its anticipated Urban Bikeway Design Guide, a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in bicycle infrastructure that is intended to advance state and national policy. […]

On Eve of National Bike Summit, A Renewed Push for Separated Bike Lanes

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 7, 2011 | 28 Comments

The National Bike Summit begins tomorrow, bringing together an estimated 750 cycling advocates. They’ll hear from NYCDOT Chief Janette Sadik-Khan, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, and they’ll descend on Congress in droves, plastic bike pins fastened to their lapels, to deliver a message about safe cycling access. We’ll be covering the […]

Mica, LaHood Stump at AASHTO Meeting

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 2, 2011 | 7 Comments

Rep. John Mica promised state DOT leaders this morning that he would deliver a six-year reauthorization bill. He said he had previously thought of advancing a shorter-term bill but transportation officials convinced him of the need for greater certainty. With the full zeal of the converted, he announced, “Anyone who talks about anything less than […]

AASHTO: Government Shutdown Could Cost Transportation Sector $100M/Day

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 28, 2011 | 1 Comment

If the House, Senate, and President Obama don’t agree on a course of action by the end of this week, the U.S. will be left with no federal budget, and the government will shut down. Transit agencies and construction interests don’t seem alarmed, but the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials estimates that […]

AASHTO Suggests Some Tools for Getting Out of the Transpo Funding Mess

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 4, 2011 | 3 Comments

The Problem: Highway Trust Fund revenues only cover about 44 percent of the transportation system’s needs. The Solution: an alphabet soup of funding and financing mechanisms (they’re different!) which, if used optimally, could supplement gas taxes and tolls and boost transportation investment. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) just came out with […]

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