US putting all its eggs in the oil basket, planning to kill #publictransit

Public transit officials are ‘struggling to understand’ Trump’s proposed cuts - The Washington Post: "Trump’s budget — which will almost certainly be altered by Congress — proposes cuts as high as nearly $52 billion to transit-oriented grant programs like Capital Investment Grants and the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program, as well as funding for Amtrak and Washington’s Metro system."