Project 2025's Goals For the Department of Transportation

What is Project 2025?

Project 2025 is a presidential transition project to set the country on a path that resists leftist values. The goal is to promote the nuclear family, all states' self-governance, improve our military, and protect our “God-given” constitutional rights. Section 3 is titled “The General Welfare” and starts off with the goal of managing our national debt. It immediately discusses medicare and medicaid reform, as the authors know it is a hot topic. The author, Daren Bakst, is a Director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Energy and Environment at the Heritage Foundation. The Heritage Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports the implementation of conservative policy. They have funded this entire report.

The Project's Goals for the DoT:

Bakst makes the statement that government spending on transportation does not match the type of transportation that most Americans prefer, and that this department cannot give its citizens actual affordable transportation options. He says we should take away federal funding completely but if we cannot then it is more efficient to send transportation grants to each state and let them decide how to allocate it. He also believes that infrastructure projects will be much more efficient in the hands of private companies, though “It is important to remember that all funding for governmental infrastructure comes from either taxes or user fees (623).” Another solution is to incorporate automated vehicles into our transportation system, especially in lower-income communities where car ownership is more difficult. We need to reduce federal government participation in local infrastructure decisions and create a New Entry Initiative that forces us to make a decision on air carrier applications within a year. Finally, the Federal Aviation Administration will be separated from the department and the Maritime Administration will be transferred to DHS.