Infrastructure

Sen. Barbara Boxer wants action in the House on her proposals to revive the chronically insolvent Highway Trust Fund.

Public infrastructure agencies need to aware of the long-term credit risks before issuing 100-year bonds, Moody's warns in new report.

Transportation should see slow but steady growth through the remainder of 2014, Fitch said in a new sector outlook released Thursday.

Former Financial Industry Regulatory Authority vice chairman Stephen Luparello received $5.34 million of total compensation in 2012 — the highest of any of the individuals in The Bond Buyer's annual survey of the compensation levels at 21 industry, self-regulatory, state and local, and muni related groups.

The cost of Maryland's Purple Line rail project has risen to $2.45 billion, up $21 million since September and almost $1.5 billion more than projected in 2007, according to the latest estimate by the Maryland Transit Administration.

Americans are suffering the consequences of Congress, governors and legislators across the U.S. pushing the burden of today's costs onto the backs of tomorrow's taxpayers by repeatedly putting off infrastructure repairs and new construction.

A Chamber-led advocacy group is buying billboards and ads in 33 congressional districts urging Congress to fix the Highway Trust Fund.

South Florida environmentalists filed suit Thursday to stop dredging of the channel to ready the PortMiami for opening of the expanded Panama Canal.

Fort Worth Transportation Authority may begin construction in 2016 of its long-anticipated $810 million rail line to DFW Airport.

Failure by Congress to develop a long-term transportation bill early next year could mean another highway funding crisis in a few months.

Federal grants awarded to transit systems damaged by Hurricane Sandy will reduce the financial strain from future storms, Moody's said.

Most Texans want to increase state spending on transportation infrastructure without raising taxes, according to a new statewide poll.

Targeted increases in transportation infrastructure funding are needed to overcome a 10-year backlog of neglected projects.

Transportation Department doesn't account for how it awards federal TIGER grants, GAO says in new report.

Gasoline tax revenues are not a reliable long-term source for financing transportation infrastructure, Pew Charitable Trusts said in new report.

Transportation advocates want to put the kibosh on congressional proposals to slash the federal gasoline tax and turn over almost all highway funding to the states.

Bipartisan bill introduced in the House would divert 10% of federal highway dollars to state-run transportation grant programs that would fund local projects.

House committee okays plan to cut Amtrak's allocation for capital projects to $770 million a year from the current $1.3 billion.

P3s can often deliver high-cost projects more quickly than wholly public efforts but can't solve the nation's infrastructure deficit alone.

Tolls on existing interstate highways will be an increasingly common way of funding road projects within 10 years, experts say.