Infrastructure

A new report identifies reforms to speed up the regulatory process and reduce costs for infrastructure projects in California.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is signaling a change in infrastructure emphasis by pressing the District of Columbia to address safety issues on the city's streets while also pushing Amtrak and WMATA to boost security and curtail fare evasion.

Ordinances pending before the city council would authorize up to $325 million of interim financing that would be refunded with fixed-rate, 30-year bonds.

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is in the early stages of hammering out a surface transportation bill designed to prop up the Highway Trust Fund while House Ways and Means tinkers with a tax deal.

The planned fiscal 2026 increase in bonding is expected to continue for several years.

The MTA took a victory lap on congestion pricing, presenting new data and rebuking the "existential threat" from the White House. 

The number of transportation issues surged to 529 last year from 405 in 2023, according to LSEG data.

Trump had promised during his campaign to terminate the electric vehicle charging station program.

In a first for the Midwest, a southern Illinois city plans to redevelop a mall using proceeds from sales tax and revenue bonds.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine wants to raise the sports gaming tax to pay for stadiums and he does not want the state to issue bonds to finance stadium development.