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Defendant in the lawsuit
Boston filed a federal lawsuit on September 28 to restore a $20 million transportation grant the Trump administration revoked in September 2025. The funding was meant to redesign three major Roxbury corridors and improve pedestrian safety, transit access, and stormwater management.
Updated Oct 2
Oversaw both the NEVI suspension and its restoration
Three years after Congress approved $5 billion for highway EV chargers, the White House froze the money. Courts unfroze it in January, and states are building again — North Carolina added seven new charging locations on September 14.
Updated Sep 19
Terminated grant, reallocating funds
The United States has never built a true high-speed rail line. For over a decade, Texas Central Railway has attempted to change that with a 240-mile bullet train connecting Houston and Dallas—using Japanese Shinkansen technology to cut a 3.5-hour drive to 90 minutes. On April 14, 2025, the Trump administration terminated a $64 million federal planning grant, calling the project 'a waste of taxpayer funds' and returning the initiative entirely to private control.
Updated May 27
Administering final year of IIJA funding before September 2026 expiration; facing proposed $15.2B cuts
China just front-loaded $42 billion in infrastructure spending for early 2026—281 projects approved before the calendar even flipped. The U.S. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, passed with $1.2 trillion in 2021, has spent just 21% of its funds as of December 2024.
Updated May 19
Umbrella department driving deregulation priorities affecting FHWA programs
On December 17, 2025, two FHWA rollbacks took effect that sound boring—and matter anyway. The agency removed the formal, on-the-books requirements that told the Forest Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs how to run safety, bridge, pavement, and congestion management systems for certain federally funded roads.
Updated May 15
Political sponsor and funding advocate for the ATC rebuild
The FAA is no longer talking about “modernization” like it’s a distant science project. In a House hearing, Administrator Bryan Bedford said the agency will commit $6 billion by the end of 2025 to upgrade ATC telecom networks and radar surveillance, with a target deployment date of 2028.
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