Recent Streetsblog USA posts about NACTO

NACTO Beats the Clock With Quick Update of Bike Guide

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 6, 2012 | 6 Comments

Once again, the National Association of City Transportation Officials has proven what an agile, modern coalition of transportation agencies is capable of. It was just a year and a half ago that NACTO released its first Urban Bikeway Design Guide and today, it’s released the first update to that guide. NACTO’s guide is far ahead of the industry standard, […]

Green Lane Project Spreads the Word About NACTO’s Bikeway Design Guide

By Katie Pearce | May 29, 2012 | 6 Comments

For the next two years, the Green Lane Project will lend expertise and support to Austin, Chicago, Memphis, Portland, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. as those cities implement the type of infrastructure that has proven successful at leading people to take up biking for transportation. The project bills itself as a “storytelling campaign” for the cities […]

The “Cities for Cycling” Roadshow Rocks Chicago

By Elizabeth Press | Jan 25, 2012 | No Comments

“Cities for Cycling” is a project of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) to document, promote and implement the world’s best bicycle transportation practices in American cities. As part of the Cities for Cycling program, bikeway design experts take their show on the road, using the streets of different U.S. cities as their […]

LaHood: Communities Should Embrace Next-Gen Bikeway Design Guide

By Carolyn Szczepanski | Oct 14, 2011 | 7 Comments

If Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has anything to say about it, every transportation planner in the country should have a shiny new engineering guide on his or her bookshelf. It’s been six months since the National Association of City Transportation Officials released the Urban Bikeways Design Guide in an online format. Yesterday, LaHood was among […]

NACTO Releases Reader-Friendly Design Guide for Bike-Friendly Streets

By Angie Schmitt | May 2, 2011 | 4 Comments

Bike planners, professional and amateur: Come and get it. The National Association of City Transportation Officials has released its Urban Bikeways Design Guide in digital format. Now transportation planners can take advantage of a printable version in the traditional design guide format. NACTO officials hope transportation professionals around the country make a home for it […]