Infrastructure

Central and west Florida expressway authorities are set to expand after Gov. Rick Scott signed two bills into law. One creates a new Central Florida Expressway Authority replacing the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority.

A $1 billion plan to create Austin's first urban rail system and to consider other transportation developments won unanimous endorsement from the city council.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sees public-private partnerships as a potential funding source for water infrastructure projects.

Keolis, 70%-owned by the French national railway SNCF, assumed Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail operations.

The Indiana Finance Authority will sell $250 million of private activity bonds to finance a public-private partnership for a stretch of Interstate 69 that state officials say will be key to the state's future economic health.

Many highly-rated sewer utility credits can weather federal consent decrees that mandate substantial upgrades with proper management and planning for the increased costs, Moody's Investors Service concludes in a new report.

The 114-mile segment of California's high speed rail project from Fresno to Bakersfield received the record of decision from U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration enabling it to break ground on that segment.

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.