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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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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Wisconsin stands to receive $45 million this year for bridge projects as part of money set aside for bridge construction in the $1 trillion federal infrastructure bill approved last fall.

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State and local governments will have greater flexibility to spend $350 billion of federal COVID-19 aid under new rules from President Joe Biden's administration.

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The $1 trillion infrastructure plan that President Joe Biden plans to sign into law has money for roads, bridges, ports, rail transit, safe water, the power grid, broadband internet and more.

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The Biden administration rolled out plans on Tuesday to identify and pay for possible upgrades to U.S. ports within the next 90 days — hoping to ultimately tamp down the inflation being caused by ships waiting to dock and a shortage of truck drivers to haul goods.

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President Joe Biden wants $2 trillion to re-engineer America's infrastructure and expects corporations to pay for it.

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President Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of transportation, Pete Buttigieg, was headed down a smooth path to quick confirmation, pledging to senators on Thursday to work with them to carry out the administration's ambitious goal of rebuilding the country's infrastructure.

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