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Sound Transit, Feds Agree to Low Interest Rates on $2 Billion in Transportation Funding

If getting low interest rates from the federal government on money borrowed to finance transportation projects sounds like a national infrastructure bank, you're on the right track.

December 23, 2016 - The Seattle Times

Dissecting the National Infrastructure Bank Idea

Hillary Clinton recently proposed the creation of a national infrastructure bank—an idea also put forward several times by the Obama Administration. Posts by Vox and City Observatory put the idea under a microscope.

December 17, 2015 - City Observatory

How to Turn $10 billion into $300 Billion: Create an Infrastructure Bank

It's certainly not a new idea - what's new is the current bipartisan Senate bill, cutely abbreviated as the BRIDGE Act, seeded with $10 billion of federal funds that would attract funds from the private sector to be loaned to worthy projects.

November 17, 2013 - The Hill's Transportation and Infrastructure Blog

Obama Outlines Infrastructure Strategy

Today, President Obama is expected to flesh out the details of his plan to repair the nation’s ailing infrastructure. John Schwartz details the initiatives, which aim to circumvent Congress and capitalize on private investment.

February 20, 2013 - The New York Times

An Infrastructure Bank? We Already Have One

A handful of Washington insiders argue that while Obama is calling for the creation of a national infrastructure bank, there is already such an entity in existence and ready to assume the role.

October 2, 2011 - The Washington Post

Lending Program Could Replace National Infrastructure Bank

Obama supports Boxer's 2-year transportation reauthorization bill over Mica's 6-year bill. However, both bills greatly increase funding for the Transportation Infrastructure and Innovative Finance Act.

August 25, 2011 - The Wall Street Journal

How an Infrastructure Bank Could Work

Last week, a bill was submitted to Congress to create an entity to "facilitate efficient investments and financing of infrastructure projects." Robert Puentes of the Brookings Institution explains how he thinks a natl. infrastructure bank could work.

March 25, 2011 - Miller-McCune

Defining a National Infrastructure Bank

The idea of creating a national infrastructure bank is gathering support amongst politicians and officials at the federal level. But what is it?

December 12, 2010 - Transportation Nation

Rendell On the National Infrastructure Bank

The Infrastructurist talks with Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell -- "a friend of infrastructure" -- about the proposed National Infrastructure Bank.

December 10, 2009 - The Infrastructurist

Infrastructure Bank Needs More Than a 'Drop in the Bucket'

This commentary from Reason looks at the prospect of a national infrastructure bank and argues that much more needs to be done.

August 6, 2008 - Reason

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