Federal Infrastructure Funding Has Officials Weighing Projects

The new infrastructure bill has transportation and transit agencies thinking about which projects to prioritize to advance cleaner and more efficient transportation systems for the next several decades.

Government Technology By Skip Descant November 29, 2021 Bus signal priority, dedicated transit lanes and rethinking urban and community design are just some of the initiatives that could be funded with federal infrastructure money in the next five years. Much has already been said about how much money will be made available by the new infrastructure bill — $1.2 trillion — and how much is earmarked for which sectors, whether it’s ports, rail, transit or roads. But transportation officials and industry watchers are now giving some thought to what should be prioritized to truly make transportation more environmentally sustainable, more modern and more equitable. “It’s overdue, and it’s not enough, but the fact that it’s here, our approach is to lean in and go for it,” is the way Stephanie Wiggins, CEO of L.A. Metro, described the arrival of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act at the CoMotion LA conference earlier this month.

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