Transportation industry

The Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority’s bond rating is being pressured by pending legislation usurping the agency’s power, Moody's says.

The funding and design-build contracts signed Thursday will advance the state’s largest-ever transportation project.

A bill restructuring a local expressway authority would order tolls to be lowered by 25%, threatening future road projects.

The layout of Los Angeles means the concept wouldn't work as proposed in Manhattan, Eric Garcetti said in New York.

The biggest news in the world of public-private partnerships (P3s) last year had nothing to do with toll roads — the most visible way governments team up companies. Instead, the most expensive infrastructure deals were projects to build a car-rental facility and a small tram at Los Angeles International Airport.

Jerry Zaro, chairman of Gateway Development Corp., discusses the importance of replacing a 108-year old rail tunnel linking New Jersey with Manhattan and how lack of support from the Trump administration has prevented the $12.7 billion project from getting off the ground. Andrew Coen hosts.

Chairman Patrick Foye and board members want answers to repeated snafus over the installation of train safety technology.

A $1.6 billion note deal from the New York State Thruway Authority this week will roll over an issue sold in 2013 as part of a financing for the $4 billion Mario Cuomo Bridge.

The New York and New Jersey bi-state agency in announced that electronic tolls will roll out on two more bridges this year.

The airport authority in Ohio is using capital facility charges to back bonds for the facility.

The Port Authority needs inland distribution facilities located on rail lines to handle its growing volume.

Kathy Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, analyzes the impact of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's 2020-2024 capital investment strategy. Paul Burton hosts.

Among the beneficiaries is a bond-financed bus line in Portland, Oregon.

Virginia and Florida and other states are responding to complaints about using tolls to pay for costly road improvements.

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger celebrated when the California Transportation Commission voted, despite a host of warnings, to pay a contractor more than $1 billion to build two tunnels and a stretch of road outside San Francisco nine years ago.

Advocates are pressing for more than a pork-filled package, with reforms and sustainable funding sources, too.

Steve Dilts, a senior vice president at infrastructure solutions firm HNTB Corporation, discusses the biggest transportation challenges facing the New York City metropolitan region including the long-stalled Gateway project and improving access to Manhattan’s Penn Station. Andrew Coen and Paul Burton host.

The standalone grant anticipation revenue vehicle bond deal is the first of several tranches the state will issue over the next few years.

Toll pricing, street management, transit funding priorities and a scramble for exemptions will be in play as New York paves the way for U.S. cities.

The bid to have the state government edge out Atlanta for control of the busy airport remains active for next year's legislative session.