The battle shifts to implementation, where success will be won or lost.
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Posted inBuilding Back America
Infrastructure Summer: Amtrak Victorious
The much-maligned rail operator gets some respect and more than a few billion in banknotes out of the bruising infrastructure battle.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Passenger Rail Is Not Dead Yet
Capitol Hill grudgingly funds Amtrak, and now the rail operator may have to compete with private-sector companies for federal dollars.
Posted inTransportation
Biden Gets Gateway Going as Cuomo Unleashes His Inner Trump
The president restarts the long-delayed Hudson River tunnel project, only to have the New York governor who once fought for the project throw himself on the tracks.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Does Biden Think He Can?
Years ago, Barack Obama and Joe Biden tried to make high-speed rail happen. Now as president, does Biden want to finish the job?
Posted inPolitics
Pivoting to ‘Fix It First’ on Infrastructure
Dealing with maintenance backlogs may be the best way to sell an infrastructure package to Congress and the American people.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Rail to the Rescue
Amid an ever-worsening crisis of affordable housing, investment in transportation can be key to connecting people to affordable homes.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Hudson River Rail Tunnel Gets Boost From Congress but Problems Loom
Preoccupied with his border wall, Trump has little to say about newly authorized funding—and he’s still sitting on last year’s money.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
California’s Bullet Train Goes Off the Rails
Governor Gavin Newsom decides to slow down what could have been one of the country’s most transformative transportation infrastructure projects.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Linking Commuter Rail to Jobs, Housing, and Opportunity in Eastern Massachusetts
Developers have a laser-like focus on projects in Boston and its inner suburbs while ignoring the rich potential of smaller cities that have decades-old rail connections to the state capital.