Pete Buttigieg, the 2020 Democratic primary candidate and environmental advocate was confirmed Tuesday by the Senate to head the U.S. Department of Transportation, which oversees America’s airlines, buses, highways, and pipelines. “I’m honored and humbled by today’s vote in the Senate—and ready to get to work,” the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, wrote on Twitter shortly after he was confirmed in an 86-13 vote. At age of 39, Buttigieg is the youngest member of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet. He is also the first openly gay person to run any Cabinet department. Buttigieg is facing a number of issues on his first day as Transportation Secretary, mainly fulfilling Biden’s campaign promises on infrastructure improvement. Biden, along his campaign trail, vowed to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure, including $50 billion on repairing roads, bridges, and highways in the first year of his presidency. He also promised to provide every U.S. city …