Overview
- The five-part YouTube series The Great American Road Trip was pitched to debut in June but has not released a single episode as of early August 2026.
- The project was financed by a nonprofit that sold sponsorship tiers and lists major backers, with reporting showing Boeing and Toyota each gave $1 million.
- The Department of Transportation says no taxpayer money paid for the Duffy family’s travel and that career ethics officials cleared the secretary’s participation.
- Senators led by Patty Murray asked the DOT inspector general to investigate and the watchdog CREW filed a complaint alleging improper travel benefits from sponsors the department regulates.
- Producers told TMZ the hold-up is final post-production edits and rollout planning and promised an imminent release, but the show has seen little promotion since mid-May and no confirmed new launch date.