U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is promoting increased driving through a summer drive-a-thon event called the Great American Road Trip Expo. The event featured an open-air car dealership with live pitches from auto executives. Duffy encouraged Americans to explore the country during a time of low gas prices and inflation. Additionally, a new website was launched urging people to visit 250 tourist attractions, despite some locations, like New York City's Central Park, being car-free or well-serviced by public transport.
The event transformed the lawn outside the department's New Jersey Avenue headquarters into an open-air car dealership, complete with 40 vehicles for attendees to shop and live sales pitches from no newer than four separate auto executives.
There's nothing more Americana than a road trip. And there's no better time to go on a road trip when we have our gas prices that are down, our inflation is down, and American spirits are up ... So get in the car and [go] see your country.
The Expo also marked the launch of a new DOT-sponsored website that explicitly urges Americans to drive to any of 250 hand-picked tourist attractions across the country.
New York City's Central Park, for instance, lands on the DOT's list despite being mostly been car-free since 2018 - and situated in a city that arguably enjoys access to the best intercity and intracity rail in the entire country.
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