Transportation & Infrastructure
Congressman Johnson is a senior member of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee (T&I). Congressman Johnson has focused on transportation equity – which will ensure that low income Americans will have access to safe and reliable transportation. In addressing critical infrastructure needs of Georgia, he states that "Federal investments should include funds supporting state efforts to add additional standard and HOV lanes to major highways in the metro Atlanta region as well as other major causeways throughout the state." He has been a strong advocate for MARTA rail expansion into south DeKalb. Congressman Johnson has led a push to prioritize public transit investments in Georgia.
For more on the Congressman’s work on public transit, please read below.
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On the final day of Infrastructure Week, Rep. Hank Johnson introduces legislation to invest $80B in public transit across large cities, small towns, and rural communities to better serve constituents and working families
Johnson Re-Elected Top Democrat on Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet by His Peers
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced that he will continue to serve as a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for the 119th Congress.
COVINGTON, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced today that Covington, located in Georgia’s 4th Congressional District, has been awarded $150,000 in grant funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s (BIL) Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program. Covington is one of 17 Georgia communities to benefit from this $2.6 million investment aimed at reducing energy consumption, lowering emissions, and improving energy efficiency.
DECATUR, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), a senior member of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, provided a letter of support to MARTA that resulted in $25 million for the construction of the South DeKalb Transit Hub through the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Buses and Bus Facilities Program.
Washington, D.C. — Congressman Hank Johnson’s bipartisan bill to advance the development of hydrogen energy for aviation is now law.
Last year, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), Sen. Ossoff & Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), introduced the bipartisan Hydrogen Aviation Strategy Act to advance the study and development of hydrogen energy for use in aviation.
Johnson celebrates his priorities in the bill that will also protect the safety of the flying public and maintain American leadership in aviation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Saturday, Congressman Hank Johnson’s (GA-04) more than $15 million in Community Project Funding that he secured for Georgia’s 4th District in the Fiscal Year 2024 spending bills was signed into law by President Joe Biden.
This funding, included in the first of the appropriations government funding packages, responds directly to some of the most pressing needs in Georgia’s Fourth District – which is currently comprised of parts of DeKalb County, Newton County, and all of Rockdale County.
$80B to be invested in better serving constituents, families for transportation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), a senior member of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, re-introduced the Stronger Communities Through Better Transit Act, which would authorize $20 billion annually for four years ($80B total) to transit systems for their operating budgets. More than 60 of his colleagues are original cosponsors.
Back row from left: U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, EPA Administrator Michael Regan and Congressman Hank Johnson pose with students at Stone Mountain Middle School in front of an electric school bus. DeKalb was awarded $20 million to purchase 25 all-electric buses.
School District Slated For 25 Electric School Buses Under EPA’s Clean School Bus Grant Program
STONE MOUNTAIN — Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) – a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee – celebrated the announcement that DeKalb County Schools are being awarded $20 million to purchase 25 all-electric school buses under an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) introduced the Small Business Contracting Fairness Act, critical legislation to standardize treatment of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) within the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT).
Sen. Jon Ossoff (GA) introduced the Senate companion legislation.