U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg addressed attendees of the Transportation Research Board’s 2022 Annual Meeting during a plenary session on January 12, 2022.
The Transportation Research Board held its 2022 Annual Meeting in person in Washington, D.C. from January 9-13, 2022.
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg addressed the Annual Meeting during a video conference call shown in its entirety via YouTube above. Secretary Buttigieg answered questions from TRB Executive Committee Chair Susan Shaheen of University of California, Berkeley and TRB Vice Chair Nat Ford of Jacksonville Transportation Authority.
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