The 19-page plan to be proposed by Democrats includes $329 billion for investment in transportation systems, including improving safety measures for bicyclists and pedestrians, and $105 billion for transit agencies and maintenance needs. And while the framework also includes transportation and infrastructure legislation routinely addressed by Congress, Democrats made a point of emphasizing efforts to counter climate change and its effects. An infrastructure plan has been an elusive goal for both the Trump administration and Congress over the last three years. Nine months before Election Day, a $1 trillion infrastructure plan is still one of Mr. Trump’s unfulfilled promises from his inaugural campaign. The Senate has begun work on its own infrastructure legislation, with one highway bill passing unanimously out of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee this session.

Source: New York Times January 29, 2020 07:52 UTC