WASHINGTON — If you thought Federal Railroad Administration grant programs for things like passenger service, shortline track maintenance, and grade crossing elimination projects would be the least likely place to become a front in the culture wars, think again.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Jan. 29 issued a memo ordering Department of Transportation agencies to “identify and eliminate all orders, directives, rules, regulations, notices, guidance documents, funding agreements, programs, and policy statements” that the Biden Administration issued and relate “in any way to climate change, ‘greenhouse gas’ emissions, racial equity, gender identity, ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ goals, environmental justice, or the Justice 40 Initiative.”