🚌Transportation Secretary Duffy kills $20 billion in IIJA transit grants

Federal funding elimination affects bus routes, subway maintenance, and light rail expansion while agencies struggle without support that typically covers 50% of operational costs. Commuters face longer wait times, reduced service frequency, and increased fares while low-income workers lose access to affordable transportation needed for employment and essential services.

Climate-focused transit grants and EV infrastructure development disappear while communities lose opportunities to reduce transportation emissions and air pollution. Families remain dependent on expensive gasoline while missing opportunities for cheaper electric transportation, perpetuating fossil fuel dependence and higher household transportation costs.

Communities that depend on federal transit grants lose all public transportation options, stranding elderly, disabled, and car-free residents without access to jobs, healthcare, and essential services. Geographic isolation increases when federal programs disappear while state and local governments lack resources to maintain transportation systems that connect rural areas to economic opportunities.

Major infrastructure projects that leverage federal funding for regional economic development now face cost overruns and construction halts. Communities lose planned transportation improvements while missing economic development opportunities that would create local employment and boost business investment in areas accessible by improved public transit networks.