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Dems Push for Guardrails to Shield Federal Transportation Grants From Trump Meddling
Will Senate Democrats leverage the proposed Build America 250 Act to end President Trump's meddling in transportation funding?
June 22, 2026
‘Our Roads Are More Than Just Highways’: Democrats Urge U.S. Senate Not to Defund Multimodal Programs
A Trump administration proposal recommends massive cuts to popular programs – and it will cost American communities more than they can afford, Senate Democrats say.
May 13, 2026
Talking Headways Podcast: The Future of Transit
Yonah Freemark talks with Jeff Wood about the state of the trains across the world.
February 26, 2026
Report: Biden Infrastructure Bill Spurred Increase in State and Local Highway Spending
The Urban Institute found an overall increase in capital investment in ground transportation — mostly on highways — and flat investment in public transit.
November 16, 2025
Breaking: US DOT Pulls Grants For Projects That Aren’t Focused on Cars
The Trump administration bias for "vehicular travel" — and the burning of fossil fuels that it requires — rears its ugly head again.
September 16, 2025
Infrastructure Year Has Already Begun
Here's what advocates need to know about the basics of the next surface transportation reauthorization bill and how to get involved.
April 7, 2025
Duffy Delivers Mixed Messages on ‘Woke’ Transportation Funding Delays
The U.S. DOT secretary says he's drowning under a backlog of grants from the Biden administration — but somehow has time to scrutinize them all for a "woke" agenda.
April 2, 2025
New Coalition Will Push State DOTs To Make Up For Fed Failures
State and national advocates are joining forces like never before to put their focus on state DOTs — and clean up our national transportation mess before Washington makes it worse.
March 30, 2025
$1 Trillion Later, U.S. Roads Are Still Crumbling, Unsafe, and Congested. Does Congress Care?
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) expires in September 2026. As Congress starts to consider what comes next, they should consider this: Including the IIJA, the ~$1.5 trillion in surface transportation spending Congress has authorized si...
Beth Osborne
February 26, 2025
Will Incoming U.S. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy Derail America’s Two Biggest Transportation Bills?
America has a new transportation secretary – but a recent executive order appears to direct him not to perform some of the most important duties of his job.
January 22, 2025
