(Source: Transport Topics, November 15, 2021)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden, a former U.S. Senator nicknamed “Amtrak Joe,” signed a $1 trillion-plus infrastructure policy bill into law Nov. 15 at the White House. The measure’s enactment is described by several transportation experts as one of the largest and most comprehensive federal infrastructure bills in the country’s history. The bill includes a five-year update of federal surface transportation provisions, as well as multibillion-dollar funding distributions for upgrades to roads, bridges, tunnels, freight and passenger rail, transit and waterways.
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