US significantly invests in transport development – deputy secretary

LEIPZIG, Germany, May 22. The US infrastructure
investment totals $1.2 trillion, with a large chunk going to
sustainable transport, the country’s Deputy Secretary of
Transportation Polly Trottenberg said during the annual Summit of
the International Transport Forum themed “Greening Transport:
Keeping Focus in Times of Crisis” in Leipzig on May 22, Trend reports.

“We’re highlighting unprecedented transit and rail communication
investments, which the US has rarely made, virtually at Europe and
Asia’s levels. A countrywide network of electric vehicle charging
stations is being built to address land use and decarbonize
transportation,” she pointed out.

Trottenberg says this is a comprehensive approach. The US
collaborates with…