Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Megawatt grants electrify truck charging corridors

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Startup electric truck infrastructure developer WattEV won’t say how much money it has raised from...

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DOT tangles with watchdog over $1.5 billion in freight grants

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WASHINGTON — A new federal watchdog report criticizes the U.S. Department of Transportation for not...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dot-tangles-with-watchdog-over-1-5-billion-in-freight-grants

Where is DOT’s Freight Office?

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation has yet to stand up a government office crucial to freight transportation, a worrying sign that new infrastructure projects worth billions in federal dollars may not be receiving the attention and oversight they need.

DOT’s Office of Multimodal Freight Infrastructure and Policy (Freight Office), authorized by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) enacted on Nov. 15, 2021, was given wide-ranging responsibilities related to funding and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/where-is-dots-freight-office

Department of Energy investing billions in air carbon capture

The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced it will use roughly $3.5 billion from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to invest in air carbon capture projects.

If the U.S. is to hit its 2050 net-zero carbon emissions goals, the DOE believes these efforts are a crucial step to getting there.

“When we think about the ways to reduce our emissions, there’s the reduction side, and more recently there has been a focus on carbon capture. This is a signal to the market that the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/department-of-energy-investing-billions-in-air-carbon-capture

Senate confirms Phillips to lead Maritime Administration

Marad Administrator nominee Ann Phillips and container shipPhillips

The Senate voted 75-22 on Tuesday to confirm Ann Phillips to lead the U.S. Maritime Administration as pressure builds to ensure historic levels of funding for port infrastructure are used to help speed cargo through supply chains.

After she is sworn in, Phillips will replace Lucinda Lessley, who has been serving as the agency’s acting administrator. Lessley was named to lead Marad after Administrator Mark Buzby stepped down in the wake of the U.S. Capitol riots in January 2021.

Phillips, who...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/senate-confirms-phillips-to-lead-maritime-administration

Viewpoint: New spending, rules prioritize EV adoption

President Joe Biden’s new infrastructure law represents a landmark investment in transportation sustainability – allocating $65 billion to upgrade the nation’s electric power grid and $7.5 billion to build 500,000 electric vehicle (EV) chargers by 2030. The law serves as a key part of a larger trend, in both government and industry, toward expanded commercial EV adoption. 

Access to reliable charging stations and anxiety over their range have been the biggest hurdles to embracing EVs. In...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/viewpoint-new-spending-rules-prioritize-ev-adoption

Trucking lobbies for seat at EV-charging table

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg left the Beltway and hit the road last week to promote the formal unveiling of the Biden administration’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula program that was established by the $1.2 trillion infrastructure law signed by the president in November.

The law sets aside $5 billion over five years for the program. That money is apportioned to every state. The legislation also includes $2.5 billion for a separate competitive grant program. Both are...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucking-lobbies-for-seat-at-ev-charging-table

Bridge collapse welcomes Biden to Pittsburgh

A bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed hours before President Biden was expected to arrive there on Friday to deliver remarks on “strengthening the nation’s supply chains,” according to the White House.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), which Biden signed in November, is to be the main topic of his speech Friday afternoon at Carnegie Mellon University, just miles from where the accident occurred along Forbes Avenue, a four-lane road considered a main artery through the city.

Watch: Drone footage...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/bridge-collapse-welcomes-biden-to-pittsburgh

Rating Secretary Pete: Infrastructure boom or supply chain bust?

National exposure as a presidential candidate in the 2020 presidential election made Pete Buttigieg probably the most well-known U.S. transportation secretary in history when he was sworn in on Feb. 3, 2021.

He joined the Biden administration just as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning to wreak havoc on domestic supply chains, while at the same time President Biden was under pressure to deliver on a main pillar upon which his campaign was built: a transformational transportation infrastructure...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/rating-secretary-pete-infrastructure-boom-or-supply-chain-bust

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