Infrastructure

Transit historian Peter Derrick says that whatever the cost, unifying New York City's regional commuter rail systems would pay economic dividends.

U.S. transportation sectors are in the doldrums with little increase in activity seen in 2013, Fitch says in new report

Honolulu officials notified a federal judge that they have met the additional environmental requirements for the city's $5.3 billion elevated rail project he outlined in a December 2012 order.

Texas lawmakers may allocate $250 million of unexpected registration fees to reverse a plan to convert some paved state roads to gravel.

States can benefit from investing pension funds in infrastructure, experts said, though there were some concerns from state treasurers.

Congress is not honoring its Build America Bond promises to state and local governments, even as state and local governments are pledged to make payments to their investors and to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure critical to the future economy, jobs, and competitiveness of the country.

Voters in gilt-edged Raleigh and Wake County, N.C., approved selling a total of $885 million of general obligation bonds for schools and transportation projects.

Colorado's Regional Transportation District could expect to spend about $1.4 billion for an extension of its FasTracks rail line to suburbs northwest of Denver, according to a study released Monday.

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill exempting the state's transit workers from pension reform while suing the federal government for blocking pension reform for those workers.

The state of Oregon is priced $410 million of revenue bonds for its Department of Transportation.