The same day the bipartisan bill advances in the Senate, one of its key architects throws cold water on the reconciliation companion.
Transportation
Posted inBuilding Back America
Infrastructure Summer: The Untrained Bipartisan Deal-Makers
The senators negotiating the infrastructure package don’t have expertise in infrastructure, and it’s showing.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Eyeing Federal Infrastructure Windfall, Private Equity Courts Public Utilities
Bernhard Capital has pitched to take over management of municipal water and power systems. The federal infrastructure bill could help them.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Council Implementing New York’s Climate Law Is Stacked With Industry Executives
A top energy executive, whose firm is designing pro-gas talking points, has a seat at the table charting the state’s path to decarbonization.
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
Rethinking Commuting
Regional planners and transit agencies must figure out whether working from home or the allure of urban social life will prove stronger in post-pandemic America.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Building Back Severed Communities
The Biden administration wants to reconnect historically Black and Latino neighborhoods cut off by highway construction. There’s promise and peril in that.
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
Some of the Worst Bridges in the Country Are in Kentucky
Yet Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell is dragging out negotiations on federal investments to fix bridges and other infrastructure.
Posted inTAP
No Exit: Random Signs of the Times
Today on TAP: A 50-year-old rule creates confusion on U.S. highways