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Government, Business, Safety, TCA

Buttigieg Has Final Say Over $105 Billion in Infrastructure Grants

WASHINGTON — At least $274 billion of the bipartisan Senate infrastructure bill’s $550 billion in new spending would go toward transportation — and it also would give Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg the final say over about $105 billion of that $274 billion, according to one transportation analyst.

August 3, 2021
Government, Business, Safety, TCA

Bus Industry Seeks More Recovery Relief

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers allocated $61 billion to airlines, $25 billion to transit and $1 billion for Amtrak in the roughly $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package, but the motorcoach industry, which includes charter buses, private transit buses and passenger buses, said it has been largely ignored.

May 1, 2020
Government

Is Trump's Private-Investment Push Enough to Fix Infrastructure?

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's trip to Cincinnati on June 7 to highlight the nation's infrastructure needs echoes President Barack Obama's 2011 visit to the city's Brent Spence Bridge.

June 7, 2017