NEW YORK, NY - The following statement can be attributed to Tom Wright, President and CEO of Regional Plan Association.

“Regional Plan Association congratulates Pete Buttigieg -- a passionate advocate for cities and steadfast champion for our environment -- on being nominated to become Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation. With urban transit systems and the economies they support facing a deeply uncertain future, Buttigieg has his work cut out for him. We have every confidence that with his leadership, the nation’s transit agencies will receive immediate emergency funding and that some of our most urgent infrastructure projects -- including the Amtrak Northeast Corridor Capital Investment Plan and the Gateway Program -- will be on a path to success.”