Tag: nacto

November 11, 2021

Lake City’s newest street mural is amazing

Street murals are wonderful, and the newest one in Lake City is one of the best in the city. Designed to be part of the Little Brook Stay Healthy Street, Romel Belleza’s mural is the product of a partnership between SDOT, the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) and the community organization Lake City…
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tagged: lake city collective, little brook park, murals, nacto, romel belleza, sdot
April 19, 2019

Seattle’s bike share stands out as companies shift to scooters elsewhere

Just 21 months ago, Seattle turned American bike share on its head by permitting companies to launch free-floating bikes all over town, an effort that dramatically increased the number of bike trips all over town, turned heads in city halls across the country and helped demonstrate the popularity of so-called “micromobilty” companies, some of which…
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tagged: bike share, nacto
April 10, 2014

Bellevue endorses NACTO guide + Could they beat Seattle to building a downtown protected bike lane?

The City of Bellevue has endorsed the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide, joining an ever-growing list of cities in North America looking to pool their experiences and knowledge into a guide for more active, efficient and safe streets. Seattle’s largest nearby neighbor is currently full of very wide and unfriendly streets. But it’s growing population,…
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tagged: bellevue, david berg, downtown, nacto, protected bike lanes
March 27, 2014

Mayor Murray outlines search for next SDOT Director

When outgoing Mayor Mike McGinn left office at the end of 2013, incoming Mayor Ed Murray sent SDOT Director Peter Hahn with him. Since then, Goran Sparrman has been acting as Interim Director with the Murray administration promising a nationwide search. Well, the search is officially on, and the Mayor’s Office needs your input about…
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tagged: ed murray, nacto, sdot, sdot director search 2014
December 19, 2013

Washington becomes first state to endorse the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide

Washington State is the first state to officially back the NACTO Urban Street Design Guide, which provides best practice guidelines for designing complete streets that consider the needs and benefits of all road users, whether they are walking, biking, driving or riding transit. This is a huge step for the state, which owns and maintains…
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tagged: blake trask, lynn peterson, nacto, urban street design guide, washington bikes, wsdot
December 5, 2011

It’s time to start designing safer intersections

With all of the progress the city has made in recent years making streets safer and easier for biking, there is a clear lack of changes at intersections. Sometimes the city is afraid of removing current dedicated right turn lanes for fear that traffic will back-up. Sometimes there are safety fears associated with putting people…
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tagged: a view from the cycle path, bike boxes, dutch, intersections, nacto, sdot