Pete Buttigieg Has Some Ideas for Overhauling How America Moves Around Pete Buttigieg Has Some Ideas for Overhauling How America Moves Around The newly minted Cabinet secretary on the climate crisis, electric vehicles, and bringing sexy back to transportation policy Ryan Bort, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Pete Buttigieg, the man now responsible for managing the means by which Americans travel trillions of miles per year, can’t leave his house. Just days after he was confirmed as secretary of transportation, a member of his security detail tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the newly minted Cabinet member to start turning the wheels on his agenda from quarantine. “We’re trying to practice what we preach, right?” he says of the decision to stay home. He’s trying his best to hide his exasperation.