Infrastructure

The Department of Transportation's initiative will allow transit and transit-oriented development to cover 49% of project costs with a TIFIA loan.

Inadequate public governance drives up the costs of U.S. transit projects, Eno Center for Transportation said in a report.

The electric vehicle charging program allocates the biggest chunk of federal funds to Texas, at $407 million. California is next in line, with $383 million. No other state receives more than $200 million.

The temporary government funding bill includes money for expected recovery needs from Hurricane Ian's landfall in Florida this week.

The ruling "sends a strong signal to other states that trucking is not to be targeted as a piggy bank," said the president of the Rhode Island trucking association.

With interest rates expected to keep rising, the deal will tap all of the remaining authorization from the $3.5 billion Rebuilding Michigan bond program.

Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems is advancing the nation's first small modular reactor, a $6 billion project supporters say is the future of nuclear energy.

The Federal Highway Administration needs to act more like a partner and less like a roadblock, state transportation officials said.

Seven states formed the Midwestern Hydrogen Coalition to collaborate on promoting hydrogen-based energy production, use and distribution.

Frasca achieved national prominence as an expert in advising governments on capital development at airports and was one of the earliest proponents of public-private partnerships.