Talking Headways Podcast: Giving Away TIGER and Transit Money to Wall Street

By Jeff Wood
Jun 30, 2017

This week Beth Osborne of T4America and Kevin DeGood of The Center for American Progress join us to discuss infrastructure and the new administration. We talk about the budget process — “skinny” or “thick”? — the possible benefits and drawbacks of public-private partnerships, and the difference between funding and financing.

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Virginia's HOT lanes were held up in the U.S. Senate this week as an example of public-private partnerships done right. But is this what you really want out of the transportation system? Image: VDOT Office of Public-Private Partnerships

Public-Private Partnerships Will Not Save U.S. Infrastructure

By Stephen Miller | May 17, 2017

A panel of experts told Congress that, even with perfectly executed public-private partnerships, the federal government still needs to provide its own support -- especially for projects, like transit lines, that aren't guaranteed to generate toll revenue for profit-seeking investors.