Buttigieg Promotes Budget for DOT, Touts Infrastructure Plan
The Biden administration’s proposal to increase funding for operations at the U.S. Department of Transportation would enhance the flow of commerce and respond to concerns linked to climate change, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg told House lawmakers April 15.
April 15, 2021New to D.C., Buttigieg Looks to Build Bridges With Biden Plan
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will have to navigate the fraught politics of a bitterly divided Washington as he is tasked with selling the Biden administration’s infrastructure and climate plan. He may have found a way by just riding a bike, which has gained fans from even skeptics in Congress.
April 5, 2021Secretary Buttigieg Promotes Transformative Infrastructure Plan
The Biden administration is ready to engage with Congress to improve the flow of freight and commuters by modernizing the country’s mobility networks, the nation’s top transportation official told a U.S. House panel March 25.
March 25, 2021Buttigieg Pitches Infrastructure Needs to Divided Congress
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is warning that the country’s infrastructure needs exceed $1 trillion and that other countries, namely China, are pulling ahead of the U.S. with their public works investments, a scenario he describes as “a threat to our collective future.”
March 25, 2021USDOT Begins Undoing Trump-Era Restrictions on Rulemaking
The U.S. Department of Transportation has begun the process of undoing a set of Trump-era regulations that ground agency work with industry to a halt and threatened to slow adoption of major policy goals of the Biden administration.
March 24, 2021Buttigieg to Speak Before House Transportation Panel March 25
Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is scheduled to appear before the U.S. House transportation panel March 25.
March 19, 2021Buttigieg Says Biden Plan Will Usher In New Transportation Era
WASHINGTON — An infrastructure plan expected soon from President Joe Biden will offer a “once in a century” opportunity to remake transportation in the United States, where cars and highways are no longer king, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said March 18.
March 19, 2021Secretary Pete Buttigieg Suggests Usage Charge as Sustainable Funding Solution
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg acknowledged the lack of sustainable transportation financing sources, but suggested an increase to the federal fuel tax rate would not offer a long-term solution.
February 25, 2021Buttigieg: After COVID-19 Relief, an Infrastructure Policy
Transportation Secretary Pete Buittigieg echoed the White House’s strategy of pursuing comprehensive infrastructure legislation after the approval of a new round of COVID-19 aid.
February 19, 2021Biden Team Cool to Preflight Virus Tests Floated by Buttigieg
President Joe Biden’s administration isn’t seriously considering an imminent coronavirus testing requirement for domestic U.S. flights, people familiar with the matter said.
February 12, 2021