Buttigieg Launches $1 Billion Pilot to Build Racial Equity in Roads
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on June 30 launched a $1 billion first-of-its-kind pilot program aimed at helping reconnect cities and neighborhoods racially segregated or divided by road projects, pledging wide-ranging help to dozens of communities despite the program’s limited dollars.
June 30, 2022Crumbling Roads in Oil Fields Slow US Energy Boom
In southern Texas and North Dakota, where shale drilling has propelled U.S. oil production to the highest level in 28 years, thousands of 18-wheel trucks are rumbling to wells on roads designed decades ago for farmers to bring crops to markets.
July 11, 2014Manufacturers Say U.S. Roads Are Getting Worse
A survey released by the National Association of Manufacturers said industry leaders think roads in the United States are getting worse and transportation infrastructure needs to improve.
September 18, 2013Some Midwest Roads, Rails Buckling in Heat Wave
The ongoing heat wave over much of the country is causing railroad rails and asphalt roads in some Midwestern states to expand and buckle, forcing transportation officials to make repairs and railroads to pay close attention to their tracks’ safety, the Associated Press reported.
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