A big part of that is making it easier for more Americans to travel by mass transit. His plan is billed not only as an infrastructure plan but one that would help respond to the climate crisis. In an interview in early June, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg acknowledged the problem, but he offered no solutions except the need to study it further.īiden’s original infrastructure proposal included $621 billion for roads, rail, and bridges. As Congress argues over the size of the infrastructure bill and how to pay for it, very little attention is being devoted to one of the most perplexing problems: Why does it cost so much more to build transportation networks in the US than in the rest of the world?
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