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MTA Teams Up With City DOTs. Which Transit Agency Will Join Next?

By Ben Fried | Aug 30, 2016 | 3 Comments

Announcing @MTA as our first transit member! Innovative street design is essential for good transit service.https://t.co/NoHXoYTuyv — NACTO (@NACTO) August 22, 2016 Last week, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority joined the National Association of City Transportation Officials, the federation of local DOTs whose policy guidance and street design manuals are popularizing a more multi-modal approach to urban transportation […]

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

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 24, 2016 | No 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 […]

How Can Cities Move More People Without Wider Streets? Hint: Not With Cars

By Angie Schmitt | May 10, 2016 | No Comments

How can cities make more efficient use of street space, so more people can get where they want to go? This graphic from the new NACTO Transit Street Design Guide provides a great visual answer. (Hat tip to Sandy Johnston for plucking it out.) It shows how the capacity of a single lane of traffic varies according to the mode of travel […]

A New Blueprint for Streets That Put Transit Front and Center

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 15, 2016 | No 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 […]

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

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 28, 2014 | No 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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