More than 40,000 people die in traffic crashes across the U.S. every year, by far the highest rate of any industrialized country.
We know how to cut traffic deaths:
- Reform speed limits,
- Curb the growing size and weight of vehicles on U.S. streets,
- Remove red tape preventing cities from using proven, safe street designs, and
- Prioritize changes to our most dangerous streets and intersections.
NACTO’s resources, networks, and policy expertise help city transportation practitioners build their capacity to design safer streets, set safer speed limits, and reform local traffic laws. We also push for change at the federal level, advocating for national design standards that work for cities and for vehicle design standards that work for cities and protect people outside of cars.
NACTO is committed to helping our member agencies lower traffic fatalities to the only acceptable level on our streets: zero.
What We’re Working On
MUTCD and National Design Standards
NACTO works to integrate city design principles into national standards and guidance documents.
Vehicle Design
NACTO and its members advocate for better vehicle design to help us solve the safety crisis on North American streets.
Safe Speeds
NACTO helps cities slow speeding drivers through multimodal street design, lower speed limits, and automated enforcement.
Re-evaluating Traffic Laws
Cities are identifying and eliminating traffic laws that lead to over-policing without improving safety.
Design Guide
City Limits
A context-sensitive approach to setting safe speed limits on urban streets.
Photo Credits: Rally via Dmitry Gudkov, Vision Zero speed limit sign via City of Boulder, bikes via Liezl Estipona