What's Biden's $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Law Do? A Lot.

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President Joe Biden is overseeing the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. His administration negotiated with and received the historic opportunity from Congress in 2021, after just 10 months in office. Offset your own carbon footprint on Wren: https://www.wren.co/start/tdc The first 100 people who sign up will have 10 extra trees planted in their name! The $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is the largest investment in America’s physical public assets in decades and the biggest commitment ever by the government of the USA to fight climate change. The bill expands the Buy America requirement for infrastructure materials, which will boost the American manufacturing sector and industries like steel production. Its core is an expansion of the 5-year transportation infrastructure law known as the FAST Act, passed in 2015. 45% of Americans lack access to public transportation and for every $1b spent on transit, 50,000 jobs are created. This bill will provide the largest investment in public transit in American history. Almost 40K people died in motor vehicle-related incidents in 2019, and unsafe road infrastructure is a major risk factor for these fatalities. On top of traditional infrastructure spending, the bill invests an unprecedented $550 billion over five years on dozens of innovative new programs. The bill builds out a national network of 500,000 electric car (EV) chargers to ease range anxiety and accelerate the switchover from gasoline to electric. $500m to electrifying school buses, $5b for zero-emission public transit buses, and $2.5b toward electrifying the many ferries on our extensive waterways. To make sure these vehicles are powered by renewable electricity, the bill makes the largest investment in the energy grid in American history. Hundreds of substations and thousands of miles of new high-voltage transmission lines will bring green electricity to cities as wind and solar are now the lowest-cost sources of electricity. With 45,000 bridges in poor condition throughout the country, a new program will oversee $40b for repairs and rebuilds. The largest investment in Amtrak's history will modernize the passenger rail network for our transportation and economic future. Airport and port delays jeopardize over 1 million jobs. The bill will fund repairs, improve logistics, reduce congestion, and increase electrification to reduce emissions. More than 30 million Americans live in areas with no high-speed internet infrastructure and are still suffering seconds-long waits to load pages and constant video buffering–or they have to go to a library or restaurant just to get something done. This historic investment will guarantee that every American has reliable broadband internet access. 10 million households and 400,000 schools lack access to safe drinking water. The Biden administration detailed its plan to try to replace every underground drinking water pipe in the country in the next ten years. About half of the children in the US have detectable levels of lead in their blood. In 2021, 20 weather disasters of $1b each 688 people no alive. To build resilience to extreme weather, $71b on: Flood mitigation and waterway management by the Army Corps of Engineers; Water storage, recycling, and ecosystem restoration to help California and other western states deal with drought. Wildfire fighting like clearing dry brush and trees fuel blazes. Inside the $1.2 TRILLION Plan to Modernize US Infrastructure Megacities of the World (Season 2 Complete) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb6w1rDa2jc AFRICA'S MEGACITY: Kinshasa, DRC (CONGO) https://youtu.be/bgljcixHvAU Megacities of the World (Season 1 - Complete) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ULzxD3w_c8 PARIS: Europe's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdObzSwVAw4 SAO PAULO: South America's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNEeY_gXFBc DHAKA: Fastest Growing MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKGITvyWMH0 DELHI: India's Capital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUPTGDrXDy4 SHANGHAI: China's Largest MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6XZekbQ0SE Obama Makes Baby Stop Crying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqhzWlqN3uc President Obama's Anger Translator at White House Correspondent's Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6NfRMv-4OY Greatest Recorded Speeches in American History (1933-2008) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnVwvPpdFeY Bill Nye Destroys Noah's Ark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4OhXQTMOEc President Obama Walks The Streets of Washington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEEtBVPiI44 Trump Destroyed by Comedian Hasan Minhaj at 2017 White House Correspondents Dinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHLRj1LaPiQ Seth Rogen Testifies Before Congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvdbHSGWAgs President Obama's Anger Translator: Behind The Scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xThj8BJIjUg Inflation reduction act Joe Biden Michelle Obama Brian Tyler Cohen