National Association of City Transportation Officials
@nacto.bsky.social
100+ North American cities & transit agencies exchanging transportation ideas, insights, and practices. www.nacto.org
The Urban Bikeway Design Guide is more than a kit of parts to design a bike lane: it provides the how-to blueprint for creating a whole bike network for people of all ages and abilities.
Starting September 3, NACTO members are invited to in-depth trainings on the guide:
nacto.org/events/bike-...
Starting September 3, NACTO members are invited to in-depth trainings on the guide:
nacto.org/events/bike-...
August 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Urban Bikeway Design Guide is more than a kit of parts to design a bike lane: it provides the how-to blueprint for creating a whole bike network for people of all ages and abilities.
Starting September 3, NACTO members are invited to in-depth trainings on the guide:
nacto.org/events/bike-...
Starting September 3, NACTO members are invited to in-depth trainings on the guide:
nacto.org/events/bike-...
WalkShops, WalkShops, WalkShops! #DesigningCities
May 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
WalkShops, WalkShops, WalkShops! #DesigningCities
Day 1 of #DesigningCities: Old friends, new faces, clarion calls to action, a reception inside of a repurposed rail car (!), and, of course, #PlannersPointing.
May 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Day 1 of #DesigningCities: Old friends, new faces, clarion calls to action, a reception inside of a repurposed rail car (!), and, of course, #PlannersPointing.
When planning a bike network, cities should also make a plan for clearing bike lanes in all weather conditions.
Design and policy decisions that prioritize regular bikeway clearing make it possible for people to access bike networks year-round.
📸 @boston.gov PWD + @seattledot.bsky.social
Design and policy decisions that prioritize regular bikeway clearing make it possible for people to access bike networks year-round.
📸 @boston.gov PWD + @seattledot.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
When planning a bike network, cities should also make a plan for clearing bike lanes in all weather conditions.
Design and policy decisions that prioritize regular bikeway clearing make it possible for people to access bike networks year-round.
📸 @boston.gov PWD + @seattledot.bsky.social
Design and policy decisions that prioritize regular bikeway clearing make it possible for people to access bike networks year-round.
📸 @boston.gov PWD + @seattledot.bsky.social
NACTO provides our members with valuable technical assistance, peer-to-peer learning opportunities, and forums for sharing best practices. NACTO members showcase new projects, receive feedback, explore common challenges, and learn from shared experiences.
nacto.org/about-member...
nacto.org/about-member...
May 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
NACTO provides our members with valuable technical assistance, peer-to-peer learning opportunities, and forums for sharing best practices. NACTO members showcase new projects, receive feedback, explore common challenges, and learn from shared experiences.
nacto.org/about-member...
nacto.org/about-member...
Redmond, Washington adopted a comprehensive safety action plan on April 15 and is already moving forward with two recommended projects from that plan: conducting a citywide speed reduction study and pedestrian safety improvements along a key multilane transit corridor.
May 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Redmond, Washington adopted a comprehensive safety action plan on April 15 and is already moving forward with two recommended projects from that plan: conducting a citywide speed reduction study and pedestrian safety improvements along a key multilane transit corridor.
New Braunfels, Texas adopted a Street Safety Action Plan in 2024 and has since initiated or completed nine of ten priority safety projects. @newbraunfels.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
New Braunfels, Texas adopted a Street Safety Action Plan in 2024 and has since initiated or completed nine of ten priority safety projects. @newbraunfels.bsky.social
Mesa, Arizona’s 2050 Transportation Master Plan maps out plans for comprehensive bike and pedestrian networks, and their upcoming Comprehensive Safety Action Plan will identify specific strategies and projects to reduce transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries. @cityofmesa.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Mesa, Arizona’s 2050 Transportation Master Plan maps out plans for comprehensive bike and pedestrian networks, and their upcoming Comprehensive Safety Action Plan will identify specific strategies and projects to reduce transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries. @cityofmesa.bsky.social
Decatur, Georgia’s nearly-complete Safe Streets Safety Action Plan aims to enhance roadway safety for all users and eliminate traffic fatalities.
May 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Decatur, Georgia’s nearly-complete Safe Streets Safety Action Plan aims to enhance roadway safety for all users and eliminate traffic fatalities.
Cleveland, Ohio adopted the ambitious Cleveland Moves transportation plan earlier this year, which includes plans to build 50 miles of high-comfort bikeways in three years. @cityofcleveland.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Cleveland, Ohio adopted the ambitious Cleveland Moves transportation plan earlier this year, which includes plans to build 50 miles of high-comfort bikeways in three years. @cityofcleveland.bsky.social
Anchorage, Alaska recently launched a Neighborhood Greenways program and is expanding Vision Zero efforts by hiring a dedicated Vision Zero coordinator.
May 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Anchorage, Alaska recently launched a Neighborhood Greenways program and is expanding Vision Zero efforts by hiring a dedicated Vision Zero coordinator.
🎇Welcome to our six new NACTO members!🎇
Anchorage, Alaska
Cleveland, Ohio
Decatur, Georgia
Mesa, Arizona
New Braunfels, Texas
Redmond, Washington
NACTO’s network empowers cities to share bold ideas, test new approaches, and scale up what works.
Anchorage, Alaska
Cleveland, Ohio
Decatur, Georgia
Mesa, Arizona
New Braunfels, Texas
Redmond, Washington
NACTO’s network empowers cities to share bold ideas, test new approaches, and scale up what works.
May 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
🎇Welcome to our six new NACTO members!🎇
Anchorage, Alaska
Cleveland, Ohio
Decatur, Georgia
Mesa, Arizona
New Braunfels, Texas
Redmond, Washington
NACTO’s network empowers cities to share bold ideas, test new approaches, and scale up what works.
Anchorage, Alaska
Cleveland, Ohio
Decatur, Georgia
Mesa, Arizona
New Braunfels, Texas
Redmond, Washington
NACTO’s network empowers cities to share bold ideas, test new approaches, and scale up what works.
Protected bike lanes are separated from general-purpose travel lanes with both a buffer and a vertical element, such as a median, curb, or flexible delineators.
April 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Protected bike lanes are separated from general-purpose travel lanes with both a buffer and a vertical element, such as a median, curb, or flexible delineators.
Protected bike lanes, also known as separated bike lanes, provide a comfortable bike facility for people of all ages and abilities on all types of streets. They are proven tools for safer streets and are essential to every city’s bike network.
April 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Protected bike lanes, also known as separated bike lanes, provide a comfortable bike facility for people of all ages and abilities on all types of streets. They are proven tools for safer streets and are essential to every city’s bike network.
Today's Urban Bikeway Design Guide excerpt: Advisory Bike Lanes.
They are most common along small residential streets with parking. Motor vehicles operate in yield conditions in a central travel lane & there are dashed bike lanes on each side of the street.
Read more: nacto.org/latest/urban...
They are most common along small residential streets with parking. Motor vehicles operate in yield conditions in a central travel lane & there are dashed bike lanes on each side of the street.
Read more: nacto.org/latest/urban...
April 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Today's Urban Bikeway Design Guide excerpt: Advisory Bike Lanes.
They are most common along small residential streets with parking. Motor vehicles operate in yield conditions in a central travel lane & there are dashed bike lanes on each side of the street.
Read more: nacto.org/latest/urban...
They are most common along small residential streets with parking. Motor vehicles operate in yield conditions in a central travel lane & there are dashed bike lanes on each side of the street.
Read more: nacto.org/latest/urban...
Motor vehicle volumes and speeds are not fixed. They can be changed through policy and design, resulting in safer streets for all users. Implementing bikeways will increase the comfort of people on bikes and improve safety for all users.
April 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Motor vehicle volumes and speeds are not fixed. They can be changed through policy and design, resulting in safer streets for all users. Implementing bikeways will increase the comfort of people on bikes and improve safety for all users.
Want to learn more about the third edition of NACTO's Urban Bikeway Design Guide?
Next week, the Center for Pedestrian & Bicyclist Safety will host a free webinar about the NACTO and AASHTO bike guide updates.
Join us on Wednesday, 4/23 at 2pm ET. Register: www.pedbikesafety.org/webinars
Next week, the Center for Pedestrian & Bicyclist Safety will host a free webinar about the NACTO and AASHTO bike guide updates.
Join us on Wednesday, 4/23 at 2pm ET. Register: www.pedbikesafety.org/webinars
April 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Want to learn more about the third edition of NACTO's Urban Bikeway Design Guide?
Next week, the Center for Pedestrian & Bicyclist Safety will host a free webinar about the NACTO and AASHTO bike guide updates.
Join us on Wednesday, 4/23 at 2pm ET. Register: www.pedbikesafety.org/webinars
Next week, the Center for Pedestrian & Bicyclist Safety will host a free webinar about the NACTO and AASHTO bike guide updates.
Join us on Wednesday, 4/23 at 2pm ET. Register: www.pedbikesafety.org/webinars
True leadership requires more than just a recognition of the importance of transportation. It requires setting a vision, dedicating resources, laying the groundwork for success, and committing political capital, so that when the work gets tough, projects still get done.
April 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
True leadership requires more than just a recognition of the importance of transportation. It requires setting a vision, dedicating resources, laying the groundwork for success, and committing political capital, so that when the work gets tough, projects still get done.
Announcing NACTO's newest design guide: the Field Guide to the Flora and Fauna of Urban Streets.
From HAWK signals to Armadillo delineators, it gives cities the tools they need to site contextually-appropriate flora and fauna, in an urban and naturalistic setting.
nacto.org/latest/field...
From HAWK signals to Armadillo delineators, it gives cities the tools they need to site contextually-appropriate flora and fauna, in an urban and naturalistic setting.
nacto.org/latest/field...
April 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Announcing NACTO's newest design guide: the Field Guide to the Flora and Fauna of Urban Streets.
From HAWK signals to Armadillo delineators, it gives cities the tools they need to site contextually-appropriate flora and fauna, in an urban and naturalistic setting.
nacto.org/latest/field...
From HAWK signals to Armadillo delineators, it gives cities the tools they need to site contextually-appropriate flora and fauna, in an urban and naturalistic setting.
nacto.org/latest/field...
By building their own playbook, city transportation departments and transit agencies protected essential workers, adapted streets for safety and mobility, and communicated policies and changes.
In responding to the biggest crisis in years, cities showed resiliency, ingenuity, and grit.
In responding to the biggest crisis in years, cities showed resiliency, ingenuity, and grit.
March 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
By building their own playbook, city transportation departments and transit agencies protected essential workers, adapted streets for safety and mobility, and communicated policies and changes.
In responding to the biggest crisis in years, cities showed resiliency, ingenuity, and grit.
In responding to the biggest crisis in years, cities showed resiliency, ingenuity, and grit.
In March 2020, NACTO launched the COVID-19 Transportation Response Center to support cities and transit agencies on the front lines.
It was a clearinghouse of resources providing real-time information to city and transit agency staff as they responded to the pandemic.
nacto.org/program/covi...
It was a clearinghouse of resources providing real-time information to city and transit agency staff as they responded to the pandemic.
nacto.org/program/covi...
March 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
In March 2020, NACTO launched the COVID-19 Transportation Response Center to support cities and transit agencies on the front lines.
It was a clearinghouse of resources providing real-time information to city and transit agency staff as they responded to the pandemic.
nacto.org/program/covi...
It was a clearinghouse of resources providing real-time information to city and transit agency staff as they responded to the pandemic.
nacto.org/program/covi...
Five years ago, the world changed. In just a few short weeks, COVID-19 radically altered daily life.
Cities rapidly adapted, changing their streets over the course of days to accommodate social distancing, get essential workers to their jobs safely, and encourage people to get outside.
Cities rapidly adapted, changing their streets over the course of days to accommodate social distancing, get essential workers to their jobs safely, and encourage people to get outside.
March 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Five years ago, the world changed. In just a few short weeks, COVID-19 radically altered daily life.
Cities rapidly adapted, changing their streets over the course of days to accommodate social distancing, get essential workers to their jobs safely, and encourage people to get outside.
Cities rapidly adapted, changing their streets over the course of days to accommodate social distancing, get essential workers to their jobs safely, and encourage people to get outside.
Want to learn more about the third edition of NACTO's Urban Bikeway Design Guide?
April 2 at 3:30 p.m. ET: Join APBP, NACTO's Cary Bearn, and city staff from Seattle, Fort Collins, and @cityofcalgary.bsky.social for a free webinar!
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 2 at 3:30 p.m. ET: Join APBP, NACTO's Cary Bearn, and city staff from Seattle, Fort Collins, and @cityofcalgary.bsky.social for a free webinar!
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Want to learn more about the third edition of NACTO's Urban Bikeway Design Guide?
April 2 at 3:30 p.m. ET: Join APBP, NACTO's Cary Bearn, and city staff from Seattle, Fort Collins, and @cityofcalgary.bsky.social for a free webinar!
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 2 at 3:30 p.m. ET: Join APBP, NACTO's Cary Bearn, and city staff from Seattle, Fort Collins, and @cityofcalgary.bsky.social for a free webinar!
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
States determine how most transportation dollars are spent. How state leaders spend today will determine how we get around for decades.
The Clean Rides Network is a coalition of 100+ organizations working give Americans more transportation options.
👉 cleanridesnetwork.org
The Clean Rides Network is a coalition of 100+ organizations working give Americans more transportation options.
👉 cleanridesnetwork.org
March 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
States determine how most transportation dollars are spent. How state leaders spend today will determine how we get around for decades.
The Clean Rides Network is a coalition of 100+ organizations working give Americans more transportation options.
👉 cleanridesnetwork.org
The Clean Rides Network is a coalition of 100+ organizations working give Americans more transportation options.
👉 cleanridesnetwork.org
Announcing our Designing Cities 2025 peer sessions! We’ve fleshed out the schedule for the 2025 Designing Cities Conference with two dozen peer sessions—led by practitioners, for practitioners.
March 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Announcing our Designing Cities 2025 peer sessions! We’ve fleshed out the schedule for the 2025 Designing Cities Conference with two dozen peer sessions—led by practitioners, for practitioners.