The United States Congress has passed the landmark National Infrastructure Acceleration Act, committing $500 billion over 10 years to rebuild and modernize the country’s transport infrastructure โ the largest such investment since the Interstate Highway System of the 1950s. The plan allocates $200 billion to roads and bridges, $150 billion to passenger rail, $80 billion to ports and waterways, and $70 billion to airports.
A key provision of the act establishes a new National High-Speed Rail Authority, tasked with developing a 30,000-km network of high-speed rail corridors by 2040, finally giving the US intercity rail connectivity comparable to Europe and Japan. The first corridors prioritized are Northeast (BostonโDC), California (San FranciscoโLos Angeles), and Texas Triangle (DallasโHoustonโAustin).
The act also establishes a national EV charging network of 500,000 public chargers along all major Interstate highways, ensuring an EV charger within 50 miles of any point in the contiguous United States by 2030.
