Freight Stakeholders Push Congress on Infrastructure Package
Posted - January 29, 2021

“The government has a very serious and legitimate role here,” said Thomas Jensen, senior vice president of transportation policy at UPS, during the Jan. 26 event. “At this point, kick the can doesn’t really work, doesn’t really fly.”
He emphasized that for five years policymakers have delayed consideration of a big-picture infrastructure measure. Also, enacting significant infrastructure legislation would augment the country’s economic competitiveness. “Hopefully we’re going to see the action that we need this year,” he said.
As she put it, “For all of us, it just delays the potential for the industry. Anything that delays [infrastructure legislation], I view, kind of delays the scale-up and adoption of [technologies] from the industry.”

