With upcoming data showing traffic deaths soaring, the Biden administration is steering $5 billion in federal aid to cities and localities to address the growing crisis by slowing down cars, carving out bike paths and wider sidewalks and nudging commuters to public transit.

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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg visited Local 139 of the International Union of Operating Engineer’s training center in Coloma on Tuesday for “Externship Day.”

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The federal government has a fresh warning to states seeking billions of dollars from President Joe Biden's infrastructure law to widen roads: Protect the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists or risk losing money.

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Clogged U.S. ports are being given access to nearly $450 million in federal money from President Joe Biden's infrastructure law as part of the administration's recent stepped-up efforts aiming to ease supply chain congestion and lower prices for American consumers.

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States are getting the go-ahead to build a nationwide network of electric vehicle charging stations that would place new or improved ones every 50 miles along interstate highways as part of the Biden administration's plan to spur widespread adoption of the zero-emission cars.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is vowing to help stem rising traffic fatalities, releasing a wide-ranging plan meant to reduce travel speeds, redesign roads and boost safety features such as automatic emergency braking.

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Marty Walsh remembers what it was like when a Cabinet secretary would come to town.

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President Joe Biden is set to meet Wednesday with West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the top Republican negotiator on infrastructure as the administration signals time is running out to strike a bipartisan deal on the White House's big investment proposal and top legislative priority.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday time is running short for a bipartisan deal on infrastructure, suggesting that President Joe Biden will look to act without Republican support if there is no consensus when Congress returns from its Memorial Day break.

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=Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday reinstated a program from the Obama administration meant to aid minority and disadvantaged people by ensuring local people are hired on public-works projects, reversing a decision by the Trump administration.

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