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Today’s Headlines

8:50 AM EDT on April 21, 2017

    • Trump Budget Director: Infrastructure Plan Is Actually $200 Billion, Won't Be Ready Until Autumn (Bloomberg)
    • James Ray, Bush-Era US DOT Official, Returns to Agency as Senior Advisor on Infrastructure (Hill)
    • Greenspan: Feds Can't Afford Infrastructure Spending, Should Cut Social Security and Medicare Instead (CNBC)
    • Meanwhile: Indiana GOP Agrees on 10-Cent Gas Tax Increase, Opens Door to Interstate Tolls (Indy Star)
    • Study: Tech Firms Stand to Benefit If They Move Closer to Silicon Valley's Caltrain Stations (SF Chron)
    • WMATA GM: Metro Needs New Regional Revenue Source to Generate $500 Million Annually (WAMU)
    • Gov. Larry Hogan, Who Cancelled Baltimore's Red Line, Blasts Judge Holding Up Suburban Purple Line (WTOP)
    • Wind Turbines to Power Seattle Light Rail; Gasoline to Continue to Power Almost All Automobiles (Seattle Times)
    • San Diego Union-Tribune Offers Advice to Team Trump on How to Kill California HSR
    • This Scranton-Area Official May Be the Most Anti-Bike Politician Imaginable (Times-Tribune, Fox 56)
Stephen Miller
In spring 2017, Stephen wrote for Streetsblog USA, covering the livable streets movement and transportation policy developments around the nation. From August 2012 to October 2015, he was a reporter for Streetsblog NYC, covering livable streets and transportation issues in the city and the region. After joining Streetsblog, he covered the tail end of the Bloomberg administration and the launch of Citi Bike. Since then, he covered mayoral elections, the de Blasio administration's ongoing Vision Zero campaign, and New York City's ever-evolving street safety and livable streets movements.

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