Infrastructure

Nationwide poll finds most Americans would support a higher gas tax if revenues are dedicated to highway and transit projects.

The Head of the Senate Finance Committee will work with chairman of House Ways and Means for a quick, temporary fix to the fast-depleting Federal Highway Trust Fund.

New York's MTA would draw down an additional $40 million annually in pay-as-you-go funding under its offer to LIRR unions, chairman Thomas Prendergast said.

Sen. Barbara Boxer supports a proposal for a six-month patch to keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent through 2014.

Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and former FAA chief Jane Garvey will chair an advisory commission that will study the challenges of New York's MTA.

New York's MTA revised its offer to the Long Island Rail Road workers in an attempt to avoid a strike, offering 17% pay increases over seven years, including a retroactive period

The Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on a bill that would extend the authority to spend from the Highway Trust Fund through the end of the calendar year.

An upgrade from S&P helped generate $396 million worth of transportation revenue bond retail orders, according to New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

New York's MTA is weighing a proposal for a 16,000-square foot eatery at Grand Central Terminal's Vanderbilt Hall, operated by restaurateur Claus Meyer.

Social impact bond legislation in Congress authorizes the creation of P3s that would benefit by achieving socially desirable outcomes.