Recent Streetsblog USA posts about NACTO

6 Principles to Make Self-Driving Cars Work for Cities, Not Against Them

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 24, 2016 | 63 Comments

Self-driving cars are coming, and maybe sooner than we think. But the question of how they will shape cities is still wide open. Could they lead to less traffic and parking as people stop owning cars and start sharing them? More sprawl as car travel becomes less of a hassle? More freedom to walk and bike […]

A New Blueprint for Streets That Put Transit Front and Center

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 15, 2016 | 37 Comments

The National Association of City Transportation Officials has released a new design guide to help cities prioritize transit on their streets. How can cities integrate bus rapid transit with protected bike lanes? How can bus stops be improved and the boarding process sped up? How should traffic signals be optimized to prioritize buses? The Transit Street Design Guide goes into greater […]

NACTO to Take Safer Street Designs to Developing World Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 27, 2014 | 2 Comments

Last year, the National Association of City Transportation Officials brought us the Urban Street Design Guide, and now it’s going global. During the organization’s national conference in San Francisco last Thursday, NACTO chair and former New York City transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced that it will be developing a “Global Street Design Guide” to help developing […]

FHWA to Engineers: Go Ahead and Use City-Friendly Street Designs

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 28, 2014 | 20 Comments

The heavyweights of American transportation engineering continue to warm up to design guides that prioritize walking, biking, and transit on city streets. On Friday, the Federal Highway Administration made clear that it endorses the National Association of City Transportation Officials’ Urban Street Design Guide, which features street treatments like protected bike lanes that you won’t find in […]

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