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Transportation for America

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April 10, 2017

Stories You May Have Missed

As a valued member, Transportation for America is dedicated to providing you pertinent information. This includes news articles to inform your work. Check out a list of stories you may have missed last week.

  • The NY Times covers how President Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan promise does not align with his proposed budget, which actually cuts vital transportation programs like TIGER. (NY Times)
  • U.S. President Donald Trump is “considering packaging a $1 trillion infrastructure plan with either health care or tax reform legislation as an incentive to get support from lawmakers, especially Democrats.” (Fortune Magazine)
  • Bipartisan support for President Trump’s infrastructure plan is at risk as Democrats object to focus of the President’s plan on enticing private investment and reducing regulations (CNBC)
  • The California State Legislature votes to approve a transportation-funding bill that will raise an additional $5.2 billion a year. (LA Times)
  • NBC examines how one public-private partnership infrastructure project in Texas did not go well. (NBC News)
  • 162 organizations and local business and elected leaders from 30 states joined a T4America letter that urges Congress to fund the TIGER & New Starts/Small Starts programs. (T4America) Thank you to those who signed our letter!

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