Infrastructure

The Obama administration has no Plan B for the revenue that would be needed to support its proposed $478 billion, six-year transportation measure if Congress fails to pass its corporate tax reform proposals, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Thursday.

Congress should pass a short-term transportation bill by mid-March so that the construction season can be as robust as possible, the top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said Thursday.

An increase in the federal gasoline tax is seen as the most viable option for long-term transportation funding at Senate hearing.

Almost 300 House Democrats and Republicans joined in a letter pushing for passage of a long-term highway bill by May 31.

Maryland pushes back bids on its $2.5 billion Purple Line P3 rail project so partners can study how to build it cheaper.

Sponsors of a privately funded $10 billion high-speed rail project between Houston and Dallas opt for route with fewest landowner issues.

State lawmakers in Arkansas and Washington state give initial approval to measures that would increase local transportation funding.

An agreement on staffing a new customs facility in Detroit removes the final roadblock to a $3.3 billion P3 bridge project.

Standard & Poor's raised its rating on Allentown, Pa.'s GO debt three notches to A-plus from BBB-plus, citing flexibility from its water and sewer deal.

Connecticut governor proposes 30-year, $100 billion transportation program to modernize state's highway and transit infrastructure.

The Internal Revenue Service issued a favorable private-letter ruling to an issuer who planned to issue governmental and private-activity bonds to finance improvements to water facilities.

Almost $3 billion of potential lost revenue from cuts in Maryland gasoline taxes could cripple spending for major transportation projects.

Washington state lawmakers' new $15 billion transportation proposal funded with a higher gasolines tax and $4.3 billion of state GO bonds.

House Transportation Committee approved rail legislation that prompts Amtrak to seek private partners for station development projects.

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx warns states of cutbacks in federal highway funding if Congress doesn't pass a transportation bill by May 31.

Four congressional Democrats and Republicans are preparing to send a letter signed by almost 300 colleagues that urges House leaders enact multiyear transportation funding legislation before May 31 when the current law expires.

New regulations aimed at reducing public sector risks in transportation P3s win unanimous approval from the Virginia House of Delegates.

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said he hopes Congress and the Obama administration can work in a bipartisan way to authorize qualified public infrastructure bonds or another type of bond program.

An Oregon Democratic congressman wants to raise the federal gas tax to generate $210 billion of new revenue for roads, bridges, and transit.

Transit projects in 13 states in line for $3.2 billion of federal grants in President Obama's proposed budget for fiscal 2016.