Infrastructure

California lawmakers are getting closer to finding more money for the state's infrastructure with less than two weeks left in the regular legislative session, though deep divides remain.

The Teamsters union and New England governors are making separate pushes for prompt action on long-term federal transportation funding.

U.S. toll roads rated by Moody's Investors Service improved their finances in fiscal year 2014, the rating agency said.

The Atlanta Streetcar is conducting a national search for an executive director, and has named former AECOM/URS Corp. transit manager Keith Jones as interim director.

Surplus toll road revenues will fund preliminary engineering studies on a potential rapid rail segment in north central Texas.

The Tri-county Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon will sell $133.6 million of triple-A rated payroll tax bonds Sept. 9.

Expectations of nearly $1 billion in new revenue for rebounding Michigan would not be enough to offset shortfalls if the Legislature and Gov. Rick Snyder enact a plan to rely on the general fund to finance road repairs, warns a new report.

Texas voters will consider more than $8.7 billion of local bond proposals Nov. 3 while weighing another $2.5 billion for transportation funding statewide, according to final tally of ballot items.

Latest in a series of annual polls on transportation funding finds public will accept increase of gasoline tax if revenue dedicated to road work.

Already outpacing all other issuers in the Southwest this year, the Texas Transportation Commission is going to market with $1 billion of triple-A-rated bonds.