3 Big Upsides for Travel From President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan
Photo Credit: President Biden wants to invest $621 billion in everything from bridges to trains and airports over the next eight years. Skift / Edward Russell
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The years of infrastructure week memes are finally over with President Biden's $2 trillion proposal to upgrade and green America's infrastructure. But with battle lines already forming, can he get the package over the line in Congress?
America finally got the infrastructure week it's been waiting for — and joked about — for more than four years. On Wednesday, President Joseph Biden unveiled the ambitious $2 trillion American Jobs Plan plan that calls for a massive investment in everything from electric vehicles to trains and airports.
The "once-in-a generation investment in America," as Biden put it during a speech in Pittsburgh, includes $621 billion for transportation infrastructure. The funds will be used for a laundry list of priorities, including upgrading and replacing roads and bridges, building a national electric-vehicle charging station network, expanding passenger rail and upgrading airports.
Much work remains. The final amount, both for transportation infrastructure and other priorities, will almost certainly change as Congress debates the measure. And with slim Democratic majorities in the legislature, passage is not a foregone conclusion. The president hopes to sign an infrastructure bill into
