The U.S. Department of Transportation announced $3.33 billion in grants for 132 projects to reconnect communities previously cut off by transportation infrastructure, addressing historic disparities. These initiatives, part...more
On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed into law a long-awaited $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill titled the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ("IIJA"). The IIJA is touted as a first step in fixing the...more
The Road Towards Better Infrastructure On November 15 2021, President Biden signed into the law the long-awaited Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework, The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ("IIJA")....more
Yesterday, the Senate passed the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. We have previously written on the impact that previous drafts of the bill, which is now entitled the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, would...more
Executive Summary: In September 2020, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden promised organized labor that, if elected, he would be the “strongest labor president you’ve ever had.” ...more
Since arriving in the United States the Coronavirus pandemic has taken a devastating toll on nearly every aspect of our economy. Industries such as construction have faced new hardships and challenges with workplace safety,...more
President Biden recently announced the administration’s climate change goals and is expected to continue to roll out new policies focusing on resiliency and targeting climate change. Tackling climate change is one of the main...more
On March 31, the Biden Administration released its much-anticipated American Jobs Plan (the “AJP”), which outlines $2.3 trillion of proposed spending on not only traditional infrastructure programs, but also climate change,...more
The full House will consider the FY21 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) bill that the House Appropriations Committee approved with a final vote of 30-22 on July 14, 2020. ...more
We recently wrote about the CARES Act and the new, separate infrastructure bill going through the legislative process. The Act created $500 billion in aid for state and local governments, and these funds could directly impact...more
Last week I attended the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. During my Revenue and Finance Committee meeting we heard a presentation from Roger Bohnert, Director of Outreach and Development, for...more
El Departamento de Transporte de Alabama acaba de dar a conocer la comunicación estilo “Myth Busters” (Destrucción de mitos) en respuesta a críticas recientes en contra de los planes del organismo de ejecutar un proyecto de...more
Best Best & Krieger LLP was part of a team that advised and counseled the Riverside County Transportation Commission in its successful effort to secure a $152.2 million loan from the U.S. Department of Transportation through...more
Despite bi-partisan agreement on the urgency to invest in the nation’s infrastructure to meet fast growing demands on our roads, railroads and waterways, there has yet to materialize a bi-partisan framework for funding and...more
In 2006, the documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car?” hit the theaters. Ten years later, there remains substantial disagreement on the answer to that question, but one truth has emerged: the electric car lives again. As...more
Earlier this month, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx distributed a letter and fact sheet to transportation stakeholders regarding the newly established Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects (NSFHP)...more