Former DOT Secretary Ray LaHood has joined Building America’s Future (BAF) as a new co-chair, joining former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell.

BAF is a bipartisan coalition of current and former elected officials committed to raising awareness about the need to invest in our nation’s infrastructure.

“I am delighted to join Building America’s Future as a co-chair and am excited to work together with some of the nation’s most innovative public leaders,” LaHood said. “While there is widespread agreement that our nation’s aging roads, bridges, transit, and aviation systems are woefully inadequate, Washington has failed to show leadership in making the tough decisions to increase revenue to fund these critical investments. With the Highway Trust Fund just months away from insolvency, it is time for action.”

LaHood succeeds former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a founding co-chair of BAF who will continue working with the organization through the Schwarzenegger Institute at the University of Southern California.