The country's largest organization of mayors last week endorsed an infrastructure investment plan that its most vocal advocate brands a defiance of th...

WASHINGTON -- Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's message to local municipalities waiting for federal assistance? Don't count on it. "We have to take our ...

In a rare show of bipartisanship, Congress recently passed a bill that provides about $120 billion for the nation's highways. While this infrastructure money is sorely needed, the bill fails to address a problem that will only grow in the coming years.

The United States is not a car-dependent country any more. Congress should allocate funding to support public transit, biking, and walking in the same manner it has been supporting driving for decades.

WASHINGTON — Congress emphatically approved legislation Friday preserving jobs on transportation projects from coast to coast and avoiding inter...

The biggest shift away from driving comes from young men, the demographic group traditionally most obsessed with cars.

By JOAN LOWY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — After being derided as a "do-nothing" Congress, the House and Senate moved Friday toward passage ...

Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) is standing by a remark he made last week questioning the patriotism of a Republican colleague who refused to support spen...

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner says he may press for a six-month extension of highway and transit programs if the House and Senate fail to r...

Today the surest way to make certain that a piece of legislation is deep-sixed by the Republicans in Congress is to demonstrate that it will help create jobs in the American economy.

WASHINGTON — Defying expectations, Congress has reached the homestretch on a major overhaul of federal transportation programs that is critical ...

By David Lawder WASHINGTON--Nearly every day, rush-hour traffic backs up for miles on both ends of the overburdened Brent Spence Bridge, which ...

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) took on a brave new title on Wednesday: zombie killer. Standing alongside a giant photograph of a highway...

By Richard Cowan The huge federal transportation bill was in tatters in early March when Representative Mike Rogers of Alabama posed a heretica...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed a three-month extension of a transportation bill to keep federal highway and transit aid flowing....

WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives Thursday rebuffed a bipartisan Senate plan to keep major transportation projects humming for the next two y...

WASHINGTON -- Senate leaders pleaded Wednesday for the House to pass a transportation bill before funding for thousands of projects across the country...

WASHINGTON — A bill that Republican leaders were promoting as the centerpiece of their job-creation agenda has instead turned into one of their ...

WASHINGTON -- Republicans torn by Tea Party divisions in the House will pay a political price for threatening to stall the $109 billion job-creating t...