Success Stories

Tuesday, August 13, 2024- Port of Oakland, Port of Seattle, and Port of Tacoma officially join the Department of Transportation’s innovative supply chain data-sharing partnership. FLOW now includes ports comprising 95% of inbound container traffic on the West Coast.

FLOW is a first-of-its-kind private-public partnership created and led by DOT that helps create a shared picture of the U.S. supply chain for members, which include the nation’s busiest container ports, major ocean carriers, and some of the largest retail importers.

Through the FLOW initiative, DOT collects, aggregates, and anonymizes key information shared by participants on inbound containerized freight, starting with importer purchase orders, and aligns future demand volumes against current regional capacity to move ocean containers.

“INVESTING IN AMERICA: Mississippi” Short-Form Documentary Highlights How the Biden-Harris Administration is Strengthening Rural Communities in the American South

This video focuses on U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s two-day visit to Mississippi in June. During the trip, Secretary Buttigieg toured projects funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and highlighted how investments from the Biden-Harris Administration are strengthening local economies, creating good-paying jobs, improving the safety and efficiency of supply chains, and connecting communities often overlooked. The video highlights critical improvements to the Port of Rosedale and the reconstruction of the historic Medgar Evers Boulevard, named after the civil rights leader, in Jackson, Mississippi.

Watch the full video at: https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/investing-america-mississippi-short-form-documentary-highlights-how-biden-harris

USDOT Awards Nearly $60 Million in V2X Grants

USDOT awarded nearly $60 million in advanced vehicle technology grants to projects in Arizona, Texas, and Utah. These grants will enhance transportation safety, efficiency, and sustainability through the implementation of cutting-edge vehicle technologies, including Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication systems.

Learn more at: https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/usdot-awards-nearly-60-million-advanced-vehicle-technology-grants-arizona-texas-and

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced $1.8 billion in awards from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program for 148 projects across the country.

Funding is split equally between urban and rural areas, and a large percentage of grants support regions that been historically overlooked or underinvested in.

Learn more at: https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/icymi-local-state-and-federal-leaders-celebrate-biden-harris-administrations-18

INVESTING IN AMERICA: From improving road safety to revitalizing communities and creating economic opportunity, all 50 states, four territories, and the District of Columbia will receive RAISE grants this year from President Biden’s infrastructure law.

 RAISE is a keystone program of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, rebuilding and repairing critical infrastructure using American-made materials and spurring historic levels of private sector investment in regions around the country. Investing in key transportation infrastructure initiatives through programs like RAISE is growing the economy from the middle out and bottom up, lowering costs for families, and creating good-paying, union jobs for American workers in their home communities.

Learn more at: https://www.transportation.gov/RAISEgrants

INVESTING IN AMERICA: New Short-Form Documentary Highlights How President Biden’s Infrastructure Projects Nationwide are Being Built with American-Made Steel, By American Workers

The “Build America, Buy America” Act, enacted as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, broadly requires all federally funded infrastructure projects be built with American-made iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials. The video features members of United Steel Workers (USW) Local 1165 in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, including Brandon, a third-generation Coatesville resident, and Stacey, a USW member for more than 35 years. Steel produced at the Coatesville mill is being used in infrastructure projects across the country. 

Watch the full story at: https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/investing-america-new-short-form-documentary-highlights-how-president-bidens

Mount Vernon Library Commons Project

The Build America Bureau at the U.S. Department of Transportation has approved its first Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) TIFIA loan for up to $26.8 million for the Mount Vernon Library Commons Project in Washington state.

The project includes a multi-use building with a public library, community center, meeting rooms, commercial kitchen, parking garage, public restrooms, STEM center, computing space, and numerous electric vehicle (EV) chargers. The project, slated to be completed this summer, encompasses half a city block in downtown Mount Vernon, WA, and will be a short walk from Skagit Station, Skagit County’s multi-modal transportation center.

Learn more at: https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-department-transportation-announces-closing-first-loan-support-transit-oriented

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Safe Streets for All Collaboration

11 rural towns in Louisiana recently received $13M in USDOT Transportation Alternatives Programs funding to make walking and biking safer and easier. CDC’s High Obesity Program, LSU Ag Center, Louisiana DOT, FHWA’s Louisiana Division, and local governments partnered to identify and remedy barriers that previously hindered rural communities from accessing funding for pedestrian and Safe Routes to School infrastructure.

Watch the full story at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFj2OHBO6pY

Biden-Harris Administration Awards $23.6 Million to Help 112 Communities Deliver Transformative Infrastructure Projects

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced funding through the Thriving Communities Program (TCP) to help 112 communities nationwide access federal funding and resources provided by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). When added to the inaugural cohort announced in April 2023, this announcement brings the total number of communities supported by this program to 176. DOT is awarding grants totaling $23.6 million to three national and six regional Thriving Communities Capacity Builders to support the 112 communities, which includes 12 Tribal Nations.

Learn more at: https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/biden-harris-administration-awards-236-million-help-112-communities-deliver