Transportation technology

Chicago's Regional Transportation Authority plans to return to market next Monday with $130 million of Series 2025A general obligation bonds.

Mega projects in Boston and Philadelphia top the list.

The Amtrak-Texas Central proposal to build high-speed rail between Dallas and Houston would take land "from American citizens and put it under the control of a Japanese company," a pair of Texas Republican representatives told the FRA.

Ahead of The Bond Buyer's Infrastructure Conference in Chicago this week, Carlos Braceras, Utah's transportation secretary, talks with Caitlin Devitt about overseeing the largest transportation program in the state's history. He discusses the projects and challenges that go along with creating safe and efficient transportation infrastructure for the fastest-growing state in the union. (33 minutes).

The state seeks "long-term stable funding" to advance the nation's largest infrastructure project, which remains in slow motion after almost 15 years.

Keeley Webster, a Bond Buyer senior reporter, discusses with Rudy Salo, a Nixon Peabody partner, funding and logistical challenges California, and the country, face as they stretch toward the future with plans for high speed rail, electric vehicle charging networks while incorporating more traditional mass transit. (29 minutes)

A national conference is planned for the spring to bring together states, utilities and the private entities that will own and operate the national EV charging station system.

All states hit the Aug. 1 deadline to submit electric vehicle charging station plans to unlock the first piece of funding in the federal infrastructure package.

The finances of the controversial project remain unclear, but the favorable Texas Supreme Court ruling means the project has a chance of advancing.

The departure comes amid Spanish reports that financing for what aims to be the nation's first bullet train is "in hibernation."