LOS ANGELES, CA — As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America tour, U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg traveled to Los Angeles, California, where he joined community leaders and city officials to highlight a major milestone on a vital infrastructure project, and check-in on progress on other transportation projects in the Southern California area.

Buttigieg began his trip at the Port of Long Beach, where he joined Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson, port leadership, and other local officials to break ground on the Pier B On-Dock Rail Project, a massive project at the port that has been supported with over $1 billion from President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, that will improve supply chain efficiency, lower consumer costs, and reduce air pollution by moving more goods by rail rather than truck.

The Secretary then met up with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and LA Metro leadership for a ride on the Metro E-line, where he received an update about how funding from his department will be used to improve transit stations and add multimodal transportation facilities across the city.

After a quick ride on the E-line, Buttigieg, Bass, and Metro leadership got off the Metro at Exposition Park, where they took a tour of the park, said hello to metro workers, and met with leaders from the LA 2028 Olympic Host Committee. The committee leaders shared how they are working with the LA Metro to prepare the city’s transit system for the busy summer of 2028 before joining Buttigieg and local leaders for a press conference to celebrate millions in federal funding headed to Greater Los Angeles to improve public transportation.

Buttigieg finished his first day in Los Angeles with a visit to an LA Metro Bus Facility, where he met with bus operators and mechanics, and heard from Metro leadership how a new $77 million grant from USDOT will allow LA Metro to buy electric buses for their transit system, leading to less pollution and cleaner air for everyone in the area.

The Secretary began his second day in California with a few media interviews, before reconvening with Metro leadership and local leaders to celebrate an award made possible by the Investing in America agenda that will add a pedestrian and bicycle path over I-710 and Humphreys Avenue to help reconnect the community and increase safety.