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Private activity bonds for water and wastewater projects would be exempt from state volume caps under bipartisan legislation introduced in Congress on Thursday.
March 14 -
The Transportation Department may have to begin rationing state highway grants in July as the Highway Trust Fund is expected to dip below the critical $4 billion mark by summer.
March 12 -
Buoyed by record ridership in 2013, public transit advocates want their fair share of funding from Washington in the next multi-year surface transportation bill.
March 11 -
Construction associations and labor unions have formed a grassroots coalition to pressure Congress for additional investment in transportation infrastructure.
March 10 -
Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., wants an additional $4 billion of tax-exempt private activity bonds available for transportation projects.
March 7 -
Public transit advocates push for $100 billion of federal funding for mass transit over six years in the new surface transportation spending law.
March 6 -
President Obama will ask Congress in his fiscal 2015 budget proposal for $2.5 billion in transit grants for 26 projects in 16 states.
March 5 -
A higher cap for federally allocated tax-exempt private activity bonds could make state transportation P3 projects more attractive to investors.
March 5 -
President Obama plans during the next two months to send Congress draft legislation for a four-year, $302 billion reauthorization of the surface transportation funding program, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told reporters Tuesday during a briefing on the fiscal 2015 budget.
March 4 -
Annual spending on roads and bridges is up to $50 billion short of what is needed to maintain and improve them, U.S. DOT said in report on transportation infrastructure
March 3 -
Proposals to pump up the sagging Highway Trust Fund without raising the federal gasoline tax offer a solution to the highway funding impasse.
February 28 -
Rep. Bill Shuster, chairman of key House transportation committee, wants to study two new plans to bolster the sagging Highway Trust Fund
February 27 -
President Obama proposed a four-year, $302 billion surface transportation infrastructure construction and repair program.
February 26 -
The first segment of a new $5.7 billion rail line extension of the Washington Metrorail system to Dulles International Airport needs more work before it can handle passengers, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said Monday.
February 25 -
Federal Railroad Administration gave California's bullet train authority another 90 days to come up with $180 million of state match for federal spending.
February 24 -
Congress must show political courage in expanding federal transportation funding as the Highway Trust Fund dwindles, DOT Secretary Foxx said Thursday.
February 20 -
The benefits of stimulus spending on transportation infrastructure during economic downturns outweigh the initial cost, the Transportation Research Board says.
February 18 -
Conservative financial structure of grant anticipation revenue bonds will buffer their credit ratings if federal highway funds drop in fiscal 2015, Standard & Poor's predicts.
February 13 -
A Senate committee was warned Wednesday that the looming insolvency of the federal Highway Trust Fund could shut down transportation projects across the county.
February 12 -
Inadequate funding for transportation infrastructure in one of the biggest issues facing the United States, the Transportation Research Board said Tuesday.
February 11
