Ryan Brown
Addressing the country Wednesday from an Allegheny County carpenters training hall, President Joe Biden unveiled a $2 trillion infrastructure plan that could change local transportation — if it gets past Republican opposition.
Biden’s infrastructure proposal, called the American Jobs Plan, would replace and repair thousands of bridges and thousands of miles of roads across the country. In Pennsylvania, it could mean more investment in long-neglected passenger rail service.
Among Biden’s proposed changes: $80 billion in new funding for Amtrak, alongside improvements to passenger and freight rail lines. That would include new connections between cities and improvements to “existing corridors,” according to a fact sheet released by the administration.