Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in a memo instructed the Division of Transportation (DOT) to prioritize communities that experience upper delivery and marriage charges.
“To the maximum extent permitted by law, DOT-supported or -assisted programs and activities, including without limitation, all DOT grants, loans, contracts, and DOT-supported or -assisted State contracts, shall prioritize projects and goals that … mitigate the unique impacts of DOT programs, policies, and activities on families and family-specific difficulties, such as the accessibility of transportation to families with young children, and give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average,” reads the undated memo, which says it’s efficient instantly.
The memo may affect, amongst many different techniques, the Federal Transit Management’s Capital Funding Grant, which means investments in public transportation together with commuter rail, gentle rail and bus transit.
In keeping with knowledge launched final 12 months by means of the Facilities for Illness Regulate and Prevention, the U.S. delivery charge had hit a brand new low after declining for the final 17 years.
Duffy, a father to 9 kids, is considered one of only a few of President Trump’s nominees to already be showed by means of the Senate.
He launched a chain of orders final week geared toward getting DOT consistent with the Trump White Area’s priorities.
“The American other folks deserve an effective, secure, and pro-growth transportation gadget in keeping with sound decision-making, now not political ideologies. Those movements will assist us ship on that promise,” Duffy mentioned.
He’s additionally moved to enact Trump’s cutbacks on range, fairness and inclusion projects in hiring on the division.
The Hill has reached out to DOT for remark.
