The nation's ailing bus and rail systems have a D- rating. Can Biden's infrastructure plan fix them?
President Joe Biden’s administration has called the bipartisan infrastructure deal’s investment in public transportation “unprecedented” and “historic.”
The $90 billion allocated for public transit includes $39 billion in new funding to help agencies replace deteriorating buses and rail cars, expand accessibility for the elderly and people with disabilities, and add new service. Another $66 billion is included for intercity rail between cities.
Even still, transit advocates say it won’t solve the nation’s public transit woes. An American Society of Civil Engineers estimate of the public transit repair backlog is billions of dollars more than the funding in the bill – and growing.
The organization's 2021 Infrastructure Report Card rated the state of transit in America at a D-. It pegs the nation's transit repair backlog at $176 billion and warns it could grow to as much as $250 billion by 2029.
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