Infrastructure policy of the Joe Biden administration

On February 23, 2021, President Biden plans to present his Build Back Better plan on his first joint session of Congress.[2] The plan calls for massive spending on the nation's infrastructure on the order of more than $2 trillion. The plan involves infrastructure, clean energy, manufacturing, research and development, and training. The plan borrows from many of the features of a "Clean Cars for America" initiative co-sponsored in October 2019 by Sen. Chuck Schumer.[3]

In his first day in office, Biden had rescinded the permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline with an executive order and rejoined the United States into the Paris Agreement abandoned in the Trump administration. Phase 4 of the Keystone XL pipeline had been a massively funded infrastructure project that was planned to run from Alberta, Canada to Nebraska and link to pipelines to Texas and Illinois oil refineries. The cancellation of the project had sparked northern objections from provincial premiers as well as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, addressing his concerns in a call with Biden.[4][5]

Key Biden proposals are:[6]

• adding 500,000 electric vehicle charges
• rebuilding conventional transportation infrastructure (roads, bridges, airports, rail, and public transportation)
• a carbon-neutral program to transition government vehicles to electric vehicles, along with the possible extension of consumer tax credits for purchasing electric vehicles. (Tesla and General Motors capped out the $7500 income tax credit for the first 200,000 EVs sold)
• light-rail networks and infrastructure for bicycles and pedestrians for the 300 largest U.S. cities
• set a target for a "carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035."