Infrastructure

The two boards of the Irvine, Calif.-based Transportation Corridor Agencies are scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to accept a settlement agreement governing the resignation of Chief Executive Officer Neil Peterson.

Fitch Ratings has downgraded the Regional Transportation District of Colorado's debt, maintaining a negative outlook on RTD’s certificates of participation.

Construction associations and labor unions have formed a grassroots coalition to pressure Congress for additional investment in transportation infrastructure.

Work is set to begin this summer on a controversial $3.3 billion bridge spanning the Detroit River despite a lack of commitment of expected funds in President Barack Obama's budget.

Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., wants an additional $4 billion of tax-exempt private activity bonds available for transportation projects.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation named Clayton Somers as the new executive director of the Turnpike Authority.

U.S. President Barack Obama included $250 million in his fiscal year 2015 budget for Honolulu's $5.2 billion elevated rail project that will extend 20 miles from the capitol city to the opposite side of the island of Oahu.

Public transit advocates push for $100 billion of federal funding for mass transit over six years in the new surface transportation spending law.

New York's MTA made a formal request for a second federal presidential emergency board to help Long Island Rail Road reach an agreement with eight of its unions.

Georgia plans to begin dredging Savannah Harbor even though President Obama's 2015 budget failed to include federal construction funds for the project.