Toll revenue bonds

"The project is not dead," said the transportation planning board chair.

The Texas Transportation Finance Corp deal will refund interim notes used to finance the ending of a public-private partnership that built toll lanes.

Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority's ratings were raised by Moody's, which, along with S&P, upgraded North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority's.

With an insolvent Highway Trust Fund, toll revenue and PABs are increasingly important for transportation financing, lobbyists said.

Revenue generated by the bureau's 10 managed lane projects is, on average, exceeding original projections by 63%.

The state is expected to pursue a TIFIA loan instead of toll revenue bonds.

The toll revenue bonds, subject to federal alternative minimum tax, will be issued through the Wisconsin-based Public Finance Authority.

It's among the more unconventional ideas being considered by public agencies facing large deferred maintenance backlogs.

The policy shift may crowd out some projects, warned Baruch Feigenbaum, senior managing director of transportation policy at Reason Foundation.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's congestion pricing tolls not only reduced traffic congestion in Manhattan, but also in New Jersey, a report says.