Infrastructure

Interstate highway system is deteriorating due to low level of investment as traffic congestion increases.

State bonded debt was relatively flat in 2015, according to a report released this week by Moody’s Investors Service.

The House GOP blueprint for tax reform released Friday sparked mixed reactions in Congress, with leading Democrats criticizing its lack of detail and Republicans lauding its proposed pro-growth efforts through limits on deductions, exclusions and credits in the current tax code.

Columbus, Ohio selected as national testing ground for smart transportation technology.

The board of New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday authorized a bond offering to monetize a portion of the 99-year lease payments from Hudson Rail Yards commercial and residential development.

Five new members, including two appointed by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, have joined the New York MTA board.

The District of Columbia submitted its enacted $13.4 billion fiscal 2017 budget and 2017-2020 capital plan to Congress and President Obama Wednesday, defying Republican legislation that would curtail any such action without congressional approval.

In a first-of-its-kind case, a federal judge hears arguments June 30 on motions to dismiss a challenge by two Florida counties of $1.75 billion in private activity bonds for the All Aboard Florida passenger train.

Sponsors of a $1 billion rail line in north Texas said more than $535 million of federal funding is on the way.

Much of the funding in Massachusetts’ new five-year, $14.8 billion capital plan goes to transit infrastructure upgrades.