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Guide to the 2021 infrastructure law

The bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure law now governs all federal transportation policy and funding through 2026. What do you need to know about it? Visit our hub for the new law.

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Recent Posts

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  • Members of the Minnesota legislature convene in a warmly lit room with gold embellishments and white columns
    The stakes in the states

    The next federal transportation reauthorization won’t pass for another three years, but change can still happen at the state level. Here’s why state...

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  • A line of electric trucks wait to be charged in a wide, half-empty parking lot
    Mining public funds for (minimal) private gain

    Lawmakers in Nevada have recently introduced legislation to set aside Carbon Reduction Program funds—about $3.9 million per year—for medium- and heavy-duty...

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    Steps taken toward first expansion of passenger rail in decades

    Amtrak and SRC submit a planning grant that will expand long-distance passenger rail service along the I-20 Corridor and in the Deep South.

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  • A sunny hill filled with cheerful homes framed by a palm tree and blue sky
    A proposed bridge is haunting the Bay Area

    The Southern Crossing over the San Francisco Bay, proposed repeatedly over the past 77 years, has been rejected over and over again. Even as Reconnecting...

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  • Three TransMilenio buses are waved on by a police officer in a brightly colored vest
    Think creatively, go bold, iterate time and again on transit

    Transit serves as the sustainable mobility lifeline for people in many communities around the world. Transit also serves as the great equalizer, transporting...

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    Reconnecting Communities awards advance needed change

    This morning, the Biden administration announced the first awards for the Reconnecting Communities Program. $185 million will fund 45 projects designed...

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Featured T4America Resources

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  • Guide to the 2021 infrastructure law
    Guide to the 2021 infrastructure law

    The bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure law now governs all federal transportation policy and funding through 2026. What do you…

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  • A guide to creative placemaking in transportation
    A guide to creative placemaking in transportation

    Creative placemaking is an approach to harness the power of local culture and arts to cultivate genuine public engagement on critical…

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  • COVID and the Curb
    COVID and the Curb

    Here's how cities adapted their curbside management strategies to support public health and small businesses during COVID-19

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  • Driving Down Emissions
    Driving Down Emissions

    We'll never reduce our emissions without reducing how much we drive.

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  • Learning from the 2009 Recovery Act
    Learning from the 2009 Recovery Act

    We have six recommendations to make sure that any future infrastructure stimulus actually creates new jobs.

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  • The Green New Deal for Transportation
    The Green New Deal for Transportation

    Polling shows that Americans want more options than just driving. The Green New Deal for Transportation can get us there.

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