Jim Watts

Federal TIFIA loans and similar programs will become more prevalent as conventional highway grants shrink, according to Fitch Ratings, which says TIFIA loans have pluses and minuses for borrowers and other investors.

A proposed $3 billion rapid passenger rail system in the Midwest would cut the five-hour train trip between Chicago to Detroit by almost two hours.

Infrastructure upgrades would expand the economy and make the U.S. more resistant to climate change, a labor-environmental group says.

An overwhelming majority of Texans seem ready to approve a ballot measure moving $1.7 billion/ year into the state road fund.

Local government groups tell Congress they want a bigger share of road funding in the next multi-year federal highway bill.

Maryland voters will decide whether to constitutionally prohibit lawmakers from diverting transportation-dedicated tax revenues to other purposes.

A new train station in downtown Dallas may be the northern terminal of a 240-mile privately financed high-speed rail line to Houston.

While spending on state highways is up, some states are falling further behind on maintenance needs, Reason Foundation says.

Agreement on multi-year federal highway bill possible in post-election congressional session, Transportation Secretary Foxx says.

Virginia officials would have to notify lawmakers about potential risks of new transportation P3 agreements under proposed guidelines.

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew says there is a growing bipartisan consensus in Congress on long-term federal transportation spending.

Half the states are trying to minimize the impact of climate change on public infrastructure but others are far behind, the Georgetown Climate Center said.

Sen. Barbara Boxer wants action in the House on her proposals to revive the chronically insolvent Highway Trust Fund.

Public infrastructure agencies need to aware of the long-term credit risks before issuing 100-year bonds, Moody's warns in new report.

Transportation should see slow but steady growth through the remainder of 2014, Fitch said in a new sector outlook released Thursday.

The cost of Maryland's Purple Line rail project has risen to $2.45 billion, up $21 million since September and almost $1.5 billion more than projected in 2007, according to the latest estimate by the Maryland Transit Administration.

A Chamber-led advocacy group is buying billboards and ads in 33 congressional districts urging Congress to fix the Highway Trust Fund.

Fort Worth Transportation Authority may begin construction in 2016 of its long-anticipated $810 million rail line to DFW Airport.

Failure by Congress to develop a long-term transportation bill early next year could mean another highway funding crisis in a few months.

Virginia lawmakers will consider a budget amendment to ensure new spending cuts do not imperil a planned $100 million road bond issue.