A new generation of public-private partnerships could emerge in the coming years as a means of rebuilding California's aging infrastructure, stimulating economic development, creating new jobs and setting the stage for the next round of real estate development, according to speakers at a ULI panel Friday....

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This weekend the media awaited the demise of General Motors on Monday morning. But no one seemed to think GM might, in bankruptcy, atone for its past sins. According to the Globe and Mail, Ottawa and Ontario will soon own 12% of whatever is left of GM. Meanwhile, according to the New York Times, Washington will take 60%....
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The public body that plans regional transportation projects is undergoing sweeping reform in hopes of making it more effective in getting road and transit improvements funded and built. The Hampton Roads Metropolitan Planning Organization has long been an obscure board consisting of local elected officials from 13 cities and counties that studies and plans local transportation...
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Randall O'Toole is a relentless advocate for highways and automobile dependency in the United States. Consequently, I don't agree with him about very much. But the thing I consistently find most bizarre about him, is that the Cato Institute and the Reason Foundation have both agreed to agree with O'Toole that his support for highways and automobile dependency is a species of libertarianism. For example, O'Toole whines a bunch about how Ray LaHood wants to spend less money on highways and more on transportation alternatives before denouncing this agenda as "central planning."....

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A planned $1.5 billion redevelopment of Midtown Baltimore's State Center complex came under harsh criticism Thursday from legislative analysts who told lawmakers that the current public-private deal "is not in the best interest of the state."...

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Supporters of public transit are none too happy with Gov. Chris Gregoire after she decided earlier this month to veto a provision to make it easier for transit agencies to collect more taxes. The sponsor of the transit-funding proposal, Rep. Geoff Simpson, D-Covington, is one of those upset with the governor...

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Surprise's strategic placement of a park-and-ride lot near a railway stretching from downtown Phoenix to Wickenburg is the first heartbeat in an ongoing effort to bring commuter-rail service to the Valley.....
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