When it comes to the crises spawned by the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says he is “giving it everything I’ve got.” That’s good to hear, but it may take more than that.

Rebuilding the bridge is expected to be an extremely slow process, largely because building almost anything in the US is an extremely slow process. And that’s where the country could use not a transportation policy expert (which Buttigieg is not) but a smart, hard-working politician (which Buttigieg is) who sees that the public is deeply skeptical — with some good reason — that any of President Joe Biden’s grand dreams for American renewal can become reality in a country covered in red tape.

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In Baltimore, Biden Can Show How to Build Back Faster

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01.04.2024

When it comes to the crises spawned by the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says he is “giving it everything I’ve........

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