Secretary Pete Buttigieg makes stops in Oregon on infrastructure tour The stop in Corvallis focused mostly on safety along Highway 99, and the tour also made a stop at LTD. Posted: Jul 14, 2021 3:34 PM Updated: Jul 14, 2021 5:01 PM Posted By: Karly Tinsley EUGENE, Ore. - Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg visited Western Oregon on Wednesday to promote President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework. He started in Corvallis where he visited the area of Highway 99, the scene of several traffic fatalities over the years. Buttigieg then visited Lane Transit District to see their new fleet of electric buses. Congressman Peter DeFazio joined the tour to highlight the benefits that infrastructure investments provide to the economy, job creation, transportation safety and the fight against climate change.