As if dragging a three-wheeled carry-on throughout the mileage of a world airport isn’t sufficient, the federal government needs you panting earlier than your flight. This week, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Well being Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a pull-up competitors in the midst of Reagan Nationwide Airport’s Terminal 2 (not a metaphor) to announce the $1 billion in grants the administration plans to allocate towards wholesome airport upgrades.
- Officers have been imprecise about what these upgrades might embrace, however talked about tasks like devoted play areas for teenagers, extra lactation pods, and mini-gyms for vacationers.
- The funding will come from former President Biden’s 2021 Infrastructure Funding and Jobs Act and is a component of the present administration’s “Make Travel Family Friendly Again” initiative.
However…over 30 main US airport hubs have already got kids’s play areas, and most airports have been required to offer personal lactation areas since FY2021. And 68% of passengers stated their prime precedence for air journey modifications is decrease costs, in keeping with a 2025 Ipsos ballot for Airways for America.
Massive image: The administration has been pushing initiatives to make flying extra nice. Final month, Duffy inspired vacationers to gown up for flights and act proper, which some vacationers responded to by…sporting pajamas to the airport to troll the secretary.—MM
This report was initially revealed by Morning Brew.
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