Infrastructure

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.

The $15 billion gap in New York MTA's proposed four-year capital plan, recently vetoed by a state review board, has cast a pall over the transit agency's plans.

Americans are suffering the consequences of Congress, governors and legislators across the U.S. pushing the burden of today's costs onto the backs of tomorrow's taxpayers by repeatedly putting off infrastructure repairs and new construction.

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

The bankruptcy of the private operator who runs the Indiana Toll Road is not expected to affect the triple-A rated state’s credit, Moody's Investors Service said Friday.

S&P raised its ratings to A from A-minus on Southwest Florida International Airport bonds based on improving passenger loads and financials.

South Florida environmentalists filed suit Thursday to stop dredging of the channel to ready the PortMiami for opening of the expanded Panama Canal.

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

New York City Transit's station repair program is progressing too slowly, said a report from State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

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