Transportation industry

Veteran banker Michael Placencia will lead the firm's transportation and infrastructure efforts.

Officials say the cost estimate for what New York City Transit president Andy Byford called "a full overhaul" is a work in progress.

Lawmakers in the 27-member Florida delegation in the House are divided about whether more private-activity bonds should be used for Brightline's 235-mile passenger rail line.

Nick Sifuentes, executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, examines the headaches and potential of New York regional transit. Paul Burton and Andrew Coen host.

A judge had previously ruled that the airport should void a retail contract, putting its revenues at risk.

The privatization plan is in a holding pattern with new County Executive George Latimer calling for his own aviation blueprint.

In the first tranche of its $800 million sale, West Virginia says residents will get an opportunity to invest in the state.

Facing a May 31 deadline to issue the $1.15 billion of PABs, All Aboard Florida asked the federal transportation agency for extra time to sell the debt.

Public transit agencies have a $90 billion backlog of maintenance, repair and modernization projects.

State authorization for design-build use on a Brooklyn-Queens Expressway work is a door-opener, New York City transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said.

The U.S. infrastructure system looks remarkably backwards to many international eyes, and threatens the economy in the long run, experts said on Wednesday.

Transportation lobbyists and researchers discussing surface transportation finance during an Infrastructure Week webcast were unanimous in saying that Congress should lift the general prohibition on tolling interstate highways.

State lawmakers compromised on legislation that provides $2.3 billion of bond authority for transportation and boosts funding for the state's lagging pension fund.

The $914 million deal will help finance a $7.4 billion project to renovate and expand the airport.

Hopkins Airport plans to issue the airport revenue bonds later this year.

New Jersey Transit faces a December deadline to install positive train control.

Amid teacher protests, Colorado lawmakers have two weeks to clear a backlog of bills that include a $5 billion transportation bond authorization and a pension funding measure.

While New York MTA's proposed 2.4% bump in its five-year capital program involved no new funds, it generated spirited debate on several fronts.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has raised questions about Brightline's plan sell up to $1.75 billion in tax-exempt bonds to help pay for the construction of its passenger rail service connecting South Florida to Orlando.

Components of the MTA's bus-overhaul initiative could pave the way for congestion pricing, which New York's state legislature essentially sidestepped this year.