Project 2025 and the Stakes for Transportation

Project 2025 and the Stakes for Transportation

Author: The War on Cars, LLC September 17, 2024 Duration: 45:20

There's been a lot of talk this election season about Project 2025, the initiative from the Heritage Foundation to prepare for a potential second Trump administration. Understandably, much of the conversation about Project 2025 has been about the stakes for abortion access, rights for LGBTQ+ people, protections for civil servants, the Department of Education, Social Security and much more.

But there's also a 10-page chapter about the Department of Transportation, written by a former Trump administration official, that outlines a lot of ideas and plans that could spell doom for many vital progressive transportation projects, change how funding is distributed, and deeply harm the nation's ability to address climate change.

Kevin DeGood, the director of Infrastructure Policy at the Center for American Progress, joins us to walk through what's in this document and what's at stake for transportation in this election.

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This episode was edited by Ali Lemer. It was recorded by Josh Wilcox at the Brooklyn Podcasting Studio. Transcriptions are by Russell Gragg. Our theme music is by Nathaniel Goodyear.

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