How the New Infrastructure Deal Will Make Transit Better
Transit advocates were pleased that the $1.2-trillion infrastructure package that passed Congress allocated $39 billion for mass modes, though they worried that investment would be dwarfed by $110 billion for highways.
By
Kea Wilson
4:06 PM CST on November 10, 2021
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