Infrastructure

The inadequate national investment in transportation infrastructure means it will take at least 21 years to replace or upgrade the 58,500 structurally deficient road bridges in the U.S., according to the latest bridge inventory from the Federal Highway Administration.

Proposal by Democratic leaders in the Maryland General Assembly would restrict governor's authority to allocate transportation project funding.

State lawmakers are looking at gas tax hikes and other proposals to increase funding for local transportation projects.

Interstate tolling is one way to make federal transportation funding more productive, CBO says.

Rhode Island Gov, Gina Raimondo signs a sweeping $500 million bridge-and-road improvement bill that includes a controversial tolls for large trucks.

State governors and other public officials who warned that new Environmental Protection Agency regulations could cause significant economic harm to their states and localities are hailing the Supreme Court’s decision to place a stay on the EPA’s plan.

Federal airport grants would increase while the passenger facility charge would stay at its current level under a proposed six-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration approved late Wednesday by the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee.

A new bill introduced in the New Jersey State Senate is aimed at advancing key roadway and clean energy projects in the Garden State through two infrastructure banks.

Next week’s planned $500 million green-bond issuance by New York MTA is significant on several fronts, said a capital markets climate change expert.

President Obama’s proposed fiscal 2017 budget includes $84 million for improvements on New York MTA’s Canarsie Line, said, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.