U.S. Department of Transportation

Climate change is putting pressure on trails, bridges and roads across the West. The Mountain West News Bureau spoke this week with U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about federal efforts to help address the issue.

In this exclusive interview, Buttigieg talks about funding for roadways, infrastructure in national parks, electric vehicles, and the Teton Pass collapse and the schedule for its rebuild.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited Cheyenne this week to see progress on Highway 30. In an exclusive interview with Wyoming Public Radio, Buttigieg said that the nation is in the midst of a roadway fatality crisis.

Reducing speed limits might sound like a cheap, easy way to keep both human and wildlife safe on Wyoming roads.Not so, says a new study from the Wyoming…