Infrastructure

Robert Thompson of New York City Transit and Joan Nyron of the Pratt Center for Community Development will discuss bus rapid transit at the New York Transit Museum on Sept. 10.

San Antonio voters will get to decide the future of light rail next May in a charter election approved by the City Council.

The consortium fronted by Sweden's Skanska that is building the $2.3 billion Interstate 4 project in central Florida says it has reached financial close on the concession and loans.

New federal banking regulations will further constrain already struggling infrastructure finance, transportation advocates warned.

As funding declines for road services, North Carolina has decided to allow private sponsors to pay for programs in return for advertising benefits.

Texas voters will decide in November on a constitutional amendment that could boost state highway spending by $1.7 billion a year.

Puerto Rico is doubling fares on its Tren Urbano rail line in San Juan to prop up the finances of the transit system.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has issued an RFP for an air-rights project at its Hynes Convention Center station over the Turnpike.

Maryland's latest six-year transportation plan includes $279.4 million of new projects as part of $4.4 billion of additional highway and transit funding provided over six years by a 2013 state law that raised the gasoline tax.

Opponents of California's $68 billion high-speed rail plan filed a petition to review a recent ruling that allows the $8.7 billion bond issuance for the project.