Infrastructure

The chairman of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority acknowledged Wednesday the possibility of a Long Island Rail Road strike in the summer.

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber says the state legislature must take action next month to move forward with the Columbia River bridge replacement project or it will die in March.

The head of Amtrak said the rapidly depleting federal Highway Trust Fund should be replaced with a Transportation Trust Fund that can invest in rail as well as highways.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is working to expedite New York City airport capital projects.

Remarketing $700 million of variable-rate debt last year has helped New York's MTA position itself in a volatile market, finance director Patrick McCoy said.

A new report says Kentucky and Indiana saved $300 million on the Ohio River Bridges Project primarily because of design and construction efficiencies.

Passage of a new federal highway funding bill will require local officials to school Congress, says House Transportation Committee chair Bill Shuster, R-Pa.

Nebraska will consider issuing bonds for highway projects for the first time in decades.

Audits of two MTA commuter lines found they failed to properly manage overtime paid by funds from federal stimulus funds, said a state comptroller's report.