The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal... a quick summary
Good stuff!!
Congress passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package Friday, approving a signature part of President Joe Biden's economic agenda.
It will deliver $550 billion of new federal investments in America's infrastructure over five years, touching everything from bridges and roads to the nation's broadband, water and energy systems.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/28/politics/infrastructure-bill-explained/index.html
The bill calls for investing $110 billion for roads, bridges and major infrastructure projects.
Also in the package is $11 billion for transportation safety, including a program to help states and localities reduce crashes and fatalities, especially of cyclists and pedestrians, according to the White House. It would direct funding for safety efforts involving highways, trucks, and pipeline and hazardous materials.
And it contains $1 billion to reconnect communities -- mainly disproportionately Black neighborhoods -- that were divided by highways and other infrastructure, according to the White House. It will fund planning, design, demolition and reconstruction of street grids, parks or other infrastructure.
The package would provide $39 billion to modernize public transit, according to the bill text.
The deal would also invest $66 billion in passenger and freight rail, according to the bill text
The bill would provide a $65 billion investment in improving the nation's broadband infrastructure, according to the bill text.
The deal would invest $17 billion in port infrastructure and $25 billion in airports to address repair and maintenance backlogs, reduce congestion and emissions near ports and airports and promote electrification and other low-carbon technologies, according to the White House.
The bill would provide $7.5 billion for zero- and low-emission buses and ferries, aiming to deliver thousands of electric school buses to districts across the country, according to the White House.
Another $7.5 billion would go to building a nationwide network of plug-in electric vehicle chargers, according to the bill text.
The bill would invest $65 billion to rebuild the electric grid, according to the White House.
It would provide $55 billion to upgrade water infrastructure, according to the bill text.
The bill would provide $21 billion to clean up Superfund and brownfield sites, reclaim abandoned mine land and cap orphaned gas wells, according to the White House.
I was hoping the reworked EV credits were in the BIF but I guess they're in the BBB which may never become law.
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I was hoping to find such a list, and now you've written it.
It really helps my old brain.
Well said!
The whole ferry system, which is rarely if ever talked about, is a big part of public transit in certain localities around the country - I think as a big example, the commuter ferries between the various boroughs of NYC -
and between NY and NJ -
We have a "Riverlink" ferry that runs through the year (except winter) between Philly and Camden, NJ -
