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Tuesday’s Headlines Are Off Track

Amtrak's CEO resigned in an effort to protect the passenger rail system from the Trump administration, the AP reports.

Former Amtrak President and CEO Stephen J. Gardner.

|Amtrak
  • The abrupt resignation of Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner came under pressure from President Trump, at a time when Trump is threatening to cut its budget and advisor Elon Musk is musing about privatizing intercity rail. (Associated Press)
  • As congressional Republicans scramble to find ways to pay for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, environmental advocates see an opportunity to highlight the tax breaks the oil and gas industry receives. (Inside Climate News)
  • The New York Times profiles oil magnate Harold Hamm, a longtime foe of renewable energy who's now trying to influence Trump.
  • Complete streets and street grids are just as important to affordable housing as zoning. (CNU Public Square)
  • People are protesting Musk's DOGE shenanigans outside Tesla dealerships all over the country, and one Palm Beach man decided to drive his car through a group of them. Ironically, it was Nissan. (ABC News)
  • Also in Florida, kids on e-bikes and faster e-motos are causing traffic hazards, including killing a 12-year-old. (Palm Beach Post)
  • Illinois lawmakers might turn to taxing haircuts to help close a $700 million transit shortfall in Chicago. (Daily Herald)
  • A Nevada bill would create a group to study regional rail in Las Vegas and Reno. (Trains)
  • New details are emerging about efforts to fund Portland sidewalk construction. (BikePortland)
  • A Detroit resident is finally getting the city to fix his sidewalk after 10 years of trying. (WXYZ)
  • A new complete street at the University of Maryland will connect to the Purple Line. (Maryland Today)
  • Paris voters decided Sunday to pedestrianize another 500 streets. (Reuters)
  • The world's first 3D-printed train station was recently — is "built" the right word? — in Tokyo. (Japan Today)

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