Infrastructure

Federal assistance in the next relief package is crucial for the largest statewide public transportation system’s financial health in 2021, the senator said.

The Florida Department of Transportation continues litigation in an attempt to terminate the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority.

The bill would allow the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration to provide emergency relief grants to ports for the first time in response to the pandemic.

Bi-state transportation agency seeks $3 billion of federal assistance to avoid capital plan cuts.

Whether or not infrastructure investment is included in the next stimulus bill, more is still needed, experts say.

It is unlikely that transit agencies will get the full amount, but the Senate's new bill implies possible discussion for more transit funding.

Minnesota's governor blames efforts to strip emergency powers he used in the fight against COVID-19 for the holdup in passing a $1.8 billion bond authorization.

The Puerto Rico oversight board warned that without restructuring, PREPA faces about $4.5 billion of legacy debt service obligations in the next five years.

Fewer fliers due to the coronavirus pandemic sparked a second downgrade to Port Authority of New York and New Jersey-issued bonds sold for Kennedy Airport.

Ports went into the pandemic with strong revenue models, though they say they need help to ensure they make good on their debts.

The Longmont City Council is expected to formally decide in August whether to seek voters' November election approval of a ballot question that would authorize the city to sell up to $80 million in water revenue bonds.

Voters approve two borrowing measures totaling $120 million.

They are pushing the U.S. Senate for up to $36 billion, citing the devastating effects from COVID-19.

Setting capital investment priorities and other efficiencies can help the public transit system through its coronavirus-related fiscal crisis, a budget watchdog says.

Fourteen states and 19 local authorities have delayed or canceled road, transit and airport projects worth $8.58 billion due to the coronavirus.

Organizers say the goal is for for technologies to make public transit safer, cleaner and more adaptive.

The new direct-pay bonds would be an improvement from the Build America Bonds because they would be exempt from the sequestration cuts.

Federal funding will cover the replacement of the Bourne and Sagamore bridges, with ownership to transfer to the Massachusetts DOT upon completion.

The New York/New Jersey agency's issuance of $1.1 billion in taxable notes underscores multi-year revenue challenges it confronts due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Transportation officials have spent nearly six years on a Massachusetts Turnpike redesign and an infrastructure merge called the "throat." Time is running short.