Recent Streetsblog USA posts about NACTO

Contraflow Bike Lanes Finally Get Nod From U.S. Engineering Establishment

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 18, 2014 | 163 Comments

Buffered bike lanes have been used in some American cities for decades now, and an increasing number of cities are implementing contraflow bike lanes. But only just now are these street designs getting official recognition from powerful standard-setters inside the U.S. engineering establishment. Late last month, the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices gave […]

Caltrans Endorses the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide

By Melanie Curry | Apr 11, 2014 | No Comments

It wasn’t a total surprise, but exciting nevertheless for bicycle advocates gathered at the NACTO “Cities for Cycling” Road Show in Oakland last night. Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty announced that the agency will endorse the use of the National Association of City Transportation Officials Urban Street Design Guide, giving California cities the state DOT’s blessing to install modern […]

Washington DOT Officially Endorses NACTO Street Design Guide

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 18, 2013 | 17 Comments

One state down, 49 to go. The Washington state Department of Transportation is the first state DOT to endorse the Urban Street Design Guide put out by the National Association of City Transportation Officials’ (NACTO). The manual provides instruction on creating treatments like protected bike lanes, transit-priority streets, and parklets, which aren’t included in the […]

Charlotte and Denver Join Urban Innovators at NACTO

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 28, 2013 | No Comments

The group that brought you the Urban Bikeway Design Guide and the Urban Street Design Guide is expanding. The National Association of City Transportation Officials added Charlotte and Denver to its list of member cities this week, bringing the total to 18. In addition, NACTO has added Louisville, Kentucky, and Somerville, Massachusetts, to the list of 12 […]

NACTO Urban Street Design Guide Sets Out to Change the DNA of Our Cities

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 24, 2013 | 19 Comments

In a direct challenge to the long-standing authority of state DOTs to determine how transportation infrastructure gets designed, the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) yesterday launched its Urban Street Design Guide. NACTO’s Urban Bikeway Design Guide has already empowered cities around the country to embrace protected bike lanes and other innovative designs that […]

FHWA to Transportation Engineers: Use the NACTO Bikeway Design Guide

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 9, 2013 | 30 Comments

In a significant step forward for American bike infrastructure, the Federal Highway Administration issued a memorandum late last month essentially endorsing street designs like protected bike lanes. In the memorandum, FHWA urges transportation engineers to use the guidelines issued by the National Association of City Transportation Officials, which contains templates for bikeway designs widely deployed […]

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