Recent Streetsblog USA posts about NACTO

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NACTO Pushes Back as Big Auto Seeks Safety Exemption for Driverless Cars

By Eve Kessler | Sep 23, 2022 | No Comments

The national association of city transportation officials cries foul as Ford and GM try an end run around the NHTSA for cars without steering wheels and brakes.

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NACTO Comes to Boston

By Grecia White | Sep 8, 2022 | No Comments

For the next three days, the Boston region will host hundreds of transportation engineers, planners, and transit officials from dozens of cities worldwide for the annual conference of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO).

Three Common Types of Bike Laws That Are Overdue for an Overhaul

By Kea Wilson | Aug 24, 2022 | No Comments

There is almost no evidence that cycling regulations are making U.S. streets safer, and more than enough evidence that they should be overhauled to prevent disproportionately harmful impacts against people of color, a new study finds.

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Is the Tide Turning on America's Megacar Crisis?

By Mary Wisniewski | Jun 8, 2022 | No Comments

While big vehicles are safer for people on the inside, they're more deadly for those on the outside. But there's a movement to require safer automobile designs and create disincentives to owning oversized vehicles.

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OPINION: Let’s Fix These Killer ‘Signalized Sidewalks’

By Michael King | Dec 7, 2021 | No Comments

A flawed intersection design helped lead to the traffic death of a toddler on Staten Island. Here's what we must do — and which intersections around the city to avoid.

OP-ED: New Fed Road Guide Enshrines Danger into Law

By Scott Brody | Nov 8, 2021 | No Comments

A writer's public records search reveals that Congressional requirements to design safer streets went unheeded.

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