Today the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) finalized the long-expected transfer of Dulles Toll Road operations to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA). Although MWAA anticipates no immediate service changes, the authority has proposed raising the facility’s mainline tolls from 75 cents to $1.50 by 2012 in support of a $5 billion extension of Metro rail service to Dulles Airport. The 14-mile highway, which connects Dulles and I-66, is expected to yield $66 million of toll revenues in 2009. Join discussion...

The economic recession has challenged lawmakers from Sacramento to Austin and Tallahassee to Albany - and in city and county halls around the country - to find innovative ways to fund vital transportation infrastructure projects. As Congress continues work on the next multi-year surface transportation authorization bill, industry leaders and government officials must address many questions, including: what is the future of public-private ventures (PPV), what is their value in an era of tight budgets, and how can project owners use public-private partnership (P3) programs to deliver value for transit, highway, rail and freight system users? Join discussion...

Elected officials expressed their skepticism of HOT lanes and the dozen citizens who spoke publicly expressed their frustration with the plan. People spoke on everything from the financial credibility of Australian company Fluor Transurban Join discussion...

WASHINGTON -- The man who could be Virginia's next governor isn't necessarily sold on the idea of High Occupancy Toll Lanes, otherwise known as HOT lanes. Join discussion...

The Department of Transportation is seeking private companies to finance and build high-speed passenger rail service between New York and Washington and along 10 other corridors, including Chicago. Join discussion...

Stephen Goldsmith, a former two-term mayor of Indianapolis, will be a senior strategic adviser and independent consultant at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP. Join discussion...