Chuy Garcia, other U.S. reps urge Biden to take steps to protect walk/bike/transit funding, projects

After the recent presidential election, Streetsblog Chicago checked in with local sustainable transportation advocates about what could done to help safeguard the future of walk/bike/transit in our region before Donald Trump takes office again.

Now, Chicagoland's Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) and other U.S. representatives are urging President Joe Biden to throw out lifeboats for sustainable transportation before the car-centric new administration takes over.

Along with Representatives Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Mark Takano (CA-39), fellow co-chairs of the Future of Transportation Caucus, Rep. Garcia wrote a letter (read it here) to President Biden highlighting steps he should take. These actions would help protect funding and programs from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act that benefit sustainable transportation.