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Trump's First 100 Days: Transportation

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We anticipate the federal funding tap for transportation infrastructure projects to be turned off, or at least significantly tightened, early on in the new administration....more

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Transportation Project Highlights for the Upcoming P3 Awards

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Partnerships Bulletin is a media organization dedicated to the exposition and promotion of public-private partnerships, and every year, they organize and host an award ceremony to celebrate and highlight prominent projects...more

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Saudi’s New Railways Law Further Enhances the Kingdom’s Rail Infrastructure Projects

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The law, which took effect in June, impacts developers, investors, lenders, operators, and suppliers in the Saudi railway sector. As Saudi Arabia continues to make significant advances in urban development and mobility,...more

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Exporting Florida’s P3 Successes (And Which Should We Import?)

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Earlier this month, the Biden administration agreed to provide financial support to Brightline West, which will be a privately operated high-speed inter-city rail system connecting Las Vegas and Southern California. As its...more

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Mastering the ABCs of P3s in Florida

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One of the most significant transit projects in Florida history reached a new milestone last month when the Brightline rail system expanded its service from South Florida to Orlando. Brightline marks the first privately...more

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Veille juridique DROIT PUBLIC / INFRASTRUCTURES du 29 mars 2022

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Établissements publics locaux et projets ferroviaires Offre irrégulière retenue et application de Smirgeomes Erreur manifeste d'appréciation dans l'appréciation d'une OAB Occupation du domaine public, fonds de commerce et...more

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Port Of Vancouver USA Completes $251M Rail Access Improvement Project

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The Port of Vancouver USA and its rail partners BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad have substantially completed a $251M railroad access improvement project which significantly increases rail access in the port. ...more

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Aprovechamiento de fondos públicos para el transporte público con las P3

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Previamente escribimos sobre el plan SMART propuesto por el condado de Miami-Dade, una expansión masiva del sistema ferroviario pesado actual a seis corredores de tránsito, y los beneficios de entregar todo o parte del...more

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Federal Draft Infrastructure Bill Released - Aims To Provide Revenue To Repair Failing Infrastructure

A draft infrastructure bill, which aims to address the state of America’s infrastructure and remove some of the major federal roadblocks to funding, was introduced this week by U.S. House of Representatives Transportation &...more

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Leveraging Public Funding for Mass Transit With P3s

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We have previously written about Miami-Dade County’s proposed SMART plan, a massive, six-corridor expansion of the existing heavy rail system, and the benefits of delivering all or portions of the project as a public-private...more

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O’Hare Express Train Showcases the Viability of P3s for Mass Transit

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Wednesday, the City of Chicago selected two finalists in its procurement process for the planned O’Hare Express, a mass transit system that will connect downtown Chicago to O’Hare International Airport within 20...more

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Northern Lights Express Proposed Passenger Rail Service Receives Federal Environmental Approval

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The Northern Lights Express intercity rail proposal, connecting Minneapolis and Duluth, Minnesota with a stop in Superior, Wisconsin, advanced forward following a Finding of No Significant Impact (“FONSI”) from the Federal...more

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Contract Awarded for GO Transit Improvements in Scarborough and Unionville

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Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have awarded a fixed-price design-build-finance $245.5 million contract to upgrade Agincourt, Milliken, and Unionville GO stations on the Stouffville GO corridor. ...more

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Bombardier and Metrolinx Make a Nice Recovery on Problematic Eglinton LRV Order

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Bombardier and Metrolinx announced that they have amended their Eglinton Crosstown LRV contract and settled their pending arbitration, showing how re-negotiation and compromise can preserve project schedule and quality,...more

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New York MTA Approves $1.8B Design-Build Contract for the Long Island Railroad Expansion Project

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The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (NYMTA) board has approved a $1.8 billion expansion project for another important milestone in Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s, comprehensive, interconnected plan to improve...more

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When Proposed Public and Private Projects Collide

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Infrastructure projects take years to develop: the environmental review, funding, design, procurement, and construction of a public project is time consuming in any state, but even more so in California given the strict...more

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Resolución de Año Nuevo: Tránsito de Miami Beach

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Después de acelerar el proceso de solicitud para el proyecto del tren ligero o tranvía moderno de Miami Beach, el mes pasado la comisión de la ciudad de Miami Beach puso un freno. En respuesta a las preocupaciones expresadas...more

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New Year’s Resolution: Miami Beach Transit

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After expediting the solicitation process for the Miami Beach light rail/modern streetcar project, the Miami Beach City Commission hit the brakes last month. In response to concerns voiced by City residents, the Commission...more

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Financiación del Transporte Público con Desarrollos Orientados al Transporte

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Desde la aparición de los primeros sistemas de transporte público, se ha reconocido que los espacios contiguos a las estaciones de trenes son idóneos, especialmente, para urbanizaciones de usos múltiples. La gente está...more

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Las colaboraciones público-privadas (P3) siguen ganando ímpetu

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Si bien el modelo de colaboración público-privada (Public-Private Partnerships, P3) se usó para brindar la mayor parte de la infraestructura y los servicios hasta principios del siglo XX, en las últimas décadas, se vieron...more

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Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) Continue to Gain Momentum

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Although the public-private partnership (P3) model was used to provide most public infrastructure and services until the early 20th Century, for the past several decades, P3s were few and far between in this country....more

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Next Stops for the Alameda Corridor East – Montebello, Maple and Turnbull Canyon Grade Separations

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At some time or another, most of us have experienced sitting in our cars at a railroad crossing waiting for what seems like the longest freight train in the world go by. And it always seems to happen when you’re late for an...more

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