Transportation
Transportation Memos Favor Places With Higher Birth and Marriage Rates
US Department of Transportation policies also call for rolling back climate and so-called DEI measures.
The Department of Transportation’s new priorities are likely to mean more investment in highways.
Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty Images North AmericaPlaces with higher marriage and birth rates should get preference for federal transportation grants and initiatives, according to a set of US Department of Transportation memos.
The policies, released one day after Sean Duffy was sworn in as Department of Transportation head, also seek to carry out President Donald Trump’s agenda by ending support for projects that involve climate change, or racial and gender inequality.