With infrastructure policy negotiations between the White House and Capitol Hill expected to intensify over the coming weeks, the transportation community is sounding increasingly optimistic about the prospects of the sides reaching a legislative compromise before the end of the year.
President Joe Biden’s recent meetings with top transportation policymakers at the White House point to that possibility. Ed Mortimer, vice president of transportation infrastructure at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, who just wrapped up the United for Infrastructure advocacy forum (May 10-14), told Transport Topics he is hopeful about policymakers’ ability to advance infrastructure initiatives.
