Infrastructure

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has approved 2014 capital and operating budgets.

Local and national transportation officials gathered in Los Angeles Thursday to sign a grant agreement directing $670 million in federal funds to a $1.4 billion project to connect light rail lines now 1.9 miles apart on the opposite ends of downtown Los Angeles.

A Boulder environmental group has vowed to sue the Colorado Department of Transportation to stop a $490 million public-private project on the main highway to Denver.

Without taxpayer support, the ubersecretive $1.6 billion MBTA retirement fund would go broke between 2024 and 2036, said a report by Boston's Pioneer Institute.

Congress must show political courage in expanding federal transportation funding as the Highway Trust Fund dwindles, DOT Secretary Foxx said Thursday.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey adopted a $27.6 billion capital plan focused on transportation projects.

Regional Transportation Authority of Illinois board chairman John Gates announced Wednesday he would step down from the post at the end of his term in June.

A California appeals court has agreed to fast track review of a lower court's decision that prevents the state from issuing $8.6 billion in bonds for its high-speed rail project.

The benefits of stimulus spending on transportation infrastructure during economic downturns outweigh the initial cost, the Transportation Research Board says.

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has adopted a 20-year construction program to meet a federal planning mandate but warned it can't really afford the plan amid dwindling funding.