Established in 1996 IMPACTS North America is an international initiative of NACTO, the National Association of City Transportation Officials.

• Founding members are Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Seattle.
• NACTO is led by a President and two Vice Presidents, each with 2-year terms, and is advised by its former Presidents. The Executive Director for the Association resides at the NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management in New York City.
• Professor Ilan Juran, Executive Director of the Urban Infrastructure Institute, Polytechnic University, NY is the Secretary General of IMPACTS North America.