Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Pete Buttigieg

Inset photo: I-45 Expansion Impacts, via LINK Houston with support from Stop TxDOT I-45

‘Secretary Pete Can’t Save You’: FHWA OKs Houston Highway Expansion After Pause

By Kea Wilson | Mar 15, 2023 | No Comments

"The lesson here is, Secretary Pete is not going to come in and save the day," said one highway opponent. "And he probably isn’t capable of saving the day."

Smoke from the controlled burn following a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Photo: Thunderlips36, CC

Sustainable Transport Advocates Decry ‘Precision Scheduled Railroading’ After Ohio Derailment

By Kea Wilson | Mar 1, 2023 | No Comments

"We’ve got a get a handle on this as industry, and we've got to do it as soon as possible," one rail leader said.

‘Every Infrastructure Choice is a Safety Choice’: Secretary Pete Calls on U.S. Mayors To End Traffic Deaths

By Leah Shahum | Feb 8, 2023 | No Comments

Secretary Pete Buttigieg is targetting what he calls “maybe the most acute and devastating problem in our entire transportation system: roadway deaths in America.” Here are a few highlights from his recent speech.

Here's a driverless car being tested in New York City. Driverless technology is certainly better than humans, but why is Secretary Pete Buttigieg shilling for AVs?

Buttigieg Wants to Replace ‘Murderous’ Human Drivers — But AVs Aren’t The Answer

By Kea Wilson | Oct 26, 2022 | No Comments

In shilling for the AV industry, the U.S. Transportation Secretary is succumbing to a fallacy that the goal of reducing car crash deaths and serious injuries is the same as ending them completely.

This stretch of I-375 is like a scar in Detroit. The Biden administration is encouraging change.

Feds Using Freight Program Money to Tear Down a Detroit Highway

By Aaron Short | Sep 22, 2022 | No Comments

“This stretch of I-375 cuts like a gash through the neighborhood, one of many examples I have seen in communities across the country where a piece of infrastructure has become a barrier,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said.

RAISE Grants to Fund Complete Streets in Nearly Every State

By Kea Wilson | Aug 11, 2022 | No Comments

The first recipients of a newly expanded major transportation grant program will deliver significant money for biking, walking and transit — and even some road projects that federal transportation leaders say will help non-drivers, too.

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