Transportation Stakeholders Renew Calls for Congressional Action

Transport Topics

By Eugene Mulero

July 12, 2021

Passage of a multiyear highway policy bill that promotes safety programs and devotes greater emphasis on severe-weather infrastructure resilience are among the priorities for the group representing the nation’s state departments of transportation.

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials is among stakeholders urging congressional leaders to clear for President Joe Biden measures that would update surface transportation policies, as well as a variety of infrastructure programs ranging from freight and passenger rail to equity and rural broadband.

Biden and a bipartisan group of senators said they reached an agreement on a $1.2 trillion infrastructure policy framework.

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