Infrastructure

A Texas court will determine if a proposed high-speed rail line can use eminent domain to survey and acquire land.

The U.S. Department of Transportation told a Florida congressman who made inquiries about All Aboard Florida’s financing that it “does not evaluate ridership, revenue, or creditworthiness” for private activity bond allocations.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Tuesday in his inaugural speech as Senate Minority Leader that he hopes for more direct spending in President-elect Donald Trump's proposed $1 trillion infrastructure plan.

Wisconsin could net up to $41 billion of new road revenue by 2050 with tolls on its interstate highways.

While most muni market participants agree that 2017 could be the year of comprehensive tax reform, they have mixed views on whether the muni exemption is safe under the tax proposals of President-Elect Donald Trump and House Republicans.

Tolls on interstate highways are seen as the only way to provide the revenue stream in President-elect Donald Trump's infrastructure proposal.

Finding more revenue for transportation infrastructure will be elusive but obtainable in 2017.

Members of Donald Trump's transition team have been reaching out to muni market participants as the President-elect plans an infrastructure task force.

Alabama state lawmakers in 2017 will weigh competing major bond programs to fund transportation and prison construction, as well as two controversial gambling proposals.

Latest estimates show declining ridership on Washington’s Metro won’t harm the $5.6 billion Purple Line P3 rail project.

States will have a modest increase in their capacity to issue private activity bonds in 2017, based on data from the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Multiple early initiatives will crowd Donald Trump's administration, Citi VP and former White House advisor Candi Wolff told Massachusetts investors.

Interstate tolling and higher gas taxes are among state road funding proposals already on the table for 2017.

Illinois may opt for a public-private partnership to finance a $2.7 billion highway expansion project in Chicago.

U.S. mayors and other municipal market participants are stepping up pressure on Congress to maintain the tax exemption on municipal bonds, after President-elect Donald Trump said he supports the tax break that they say is crucial for funding infrastructure projects.

The grant from the Federal Transit Administration completes funding for $1 billion Texas rail line linking Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport with downtown stations.

Elected officials from New York called on the Federal Transit Administration to fund the $6 billion second phase of the Second Avenue subway.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan wants lawmakers to repeal a new law requiring statewide ranking of road projects.

Direct pay bonds similar to Build America Bonds may wind up forming the backbone of Donald Trump’s proposed 10-year $1 trillion infrastructure investment plan.

Private investors sign contract to finance, build, and operate tolled express lanes on a Virginia highway.