Transportation industry

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.

Ohio legislature settled on a leaner gas tax increase to help fund fixes for its roads and bridges.

Owners of the privately owned passenger train project plan to ask the Florida Development Finance Corp. to approve more bonds Friday.

Rising passenger totals at Bradley International Airport prompted a bond sale to fund a consolidated car rental facility.

As Congress prepares work on an infrastructure package, the transportation secretary endorsed private funding through pensions and endowment funds.

Its $1.5 billion unrated deal will be sold to qualified institutional buyers to finance Florida’s privately owned passenger train project.

The first installment on a $650 million highway borrowing plan, including major projects in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, won easy approval Thursday from the State Bond Commission.

Atlanta officials are facing another potential challenge to how the city has conducted business at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, even as they try to tamp down a state push to take over the airport.

Plans call for four Metro-North Railroad stations along an underused rail line in the East Bronx, with an eye toward real-estate value capture.

Federal transportation officials authorized another $950 million in private activity bonds for Brightline, also known as Virgin Trains USA.

Bond Buyer northeast regional editor Paul Burton scopes out New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's resilience plan for Lower Manhattan. Andrew Coen hosts.

Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed the Rebuild Alabama Act into law, increasing state gas taxes for the first time in 26 years.

A finding of sub-standard cement at Denver International Airport's $650 million terminal redevelopment project shows that the government and developer in a public-private partnership both must adapt to unforeseen events.