Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy on Wednesday revealed the Trump administration's plans to make Union Station in Washington, D.C. , "safe and beautiful again."
Duffy announced last week that the Department of Transportation was reclaiming station management at the major metro hub as part of President Donald Trump's federal takeover of the nation's capital. The department has owned Union Station since the early 1980s, but has gradually reduced its control over the past four decades.
Transit passengers can expect to see renewed federal efforts to improve the station in the near future.
Duffy said the Trump administration will "embrace a 'one building' approach with the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation and Amtrak," in a Wednesday op-ed for The Hill. That approach trans