Biden Appoints Pete Buttigieg for Secretary of Transportation
President-elect Joe Biden has reportedly recruited former South Bend, Indiana mayor and presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg to lead the U.S. Transportation Department. Throughout his presidential bid during the primary, Buttigieg’s transportation platform, which called for a nationwide Vision Zero policy and for de-prioritizing highway expansions, received high marks from Transportation for America, a Washington organization that lobbies for transportation policy reform.
As reported by CNN Business, because of Buttigieg’s work in South Bend, he’s the right person for the role given his track record, intellect, and view of transportation as about more than moving vehicles. He had success in…