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Our three simple guiding principles are concrete, measurable, and have outcomes attached.
We need a new plan beyond "spend more money."

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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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Transportation made simple

We make complex transportation issues more understandable through easy-to-understand reports, graphics, and interactive features, and other resources.

What do we believe? Our three principles

T4A's three principles: Invest in the rest, safety over speed, and fix it first

Recent Posts

Catch up with our most recent blog posts

  • Webinar: Executive orders and reauthorization—Navigating the future of federal transportation funding

    Join us for a webinar on Tuesday, February 25th at 2 p.m. ET to discuss the state of transportation funding, including recent executive orders and the...

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  • Los Angeles’s “No Car” Olympic Games are important beyond 2028

    The opening of LAX/Metro Transit Center Station on the Los Angeles Metro is a major milestone in the city’s history and is vital for the 2028 Summer...

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    Unflooding the zone: What do the Trump administration’s latest actions signal for transportation?

    Federal funding recipients across the country are dealing with uncertainty, delays, and outright cuts to obligated funding. Our updated analysis of disbursements...

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  • Steven G. Bradbury, transit and Vision Zero opponent, named Deputy DOT Secretary nominee

    Though transportation has often bridged party divides, just two weeks into President Trump’s second term there are numerous signs that this trend...

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  • Transit Equity Day highlights the need for transit in rural communities

    Transit Equity Day—which honors Civil Rights Leader Rosa Parks—is on February 4th. As we celebrate the importance of ensuring people of all backgrounds...

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  • Bird's eye view of construction on a wide road in Los Angeles.
    Confused about the chaos? Make Congress and the administration clarify the transportation funding freeze

    The federal government owes communities upwards of $125.6 billion dollars in federal contract obligations from the infrastructure law but President Trump...

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Featured T4America Resources

Get started with our landmark reports on a range of transportation issues


  • Reauthorization 101
    Reauthorization 101

    Through reauthorization, the federal government sets policy and provides funding for the nation’s highway, transit, safety and rail…

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  • Fueling the crisis: Climate consequences of the 2021 infrastructure law
    Fueling the crisis: Climate consequences of the 2021 infrastructure law

    Three years ago, on November 15, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) into…

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  • Electric vehicles & smart growth
    Electric vehicles & smart growth

    This page includes all of our resources on how to reduce emissions in an equitable way—and that path includes the EV transition.

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  • Divided by Design
    Divided by Design

    Examining how today’s transportation measures, models, and practices were shaped by the racist history of the 1950s and 60s, and…

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  • Community Connectors portal
    Community Connectors portal

    Transportation for America’s Community Connectors portal provides tools and information for advocates to decode the complex and confusing…

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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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