Municipal Market Experts Provide Insights and Optimism MuniNet was present this week at The Bond Buyer’s Midwest Municipal Market Conference in Chicago, IL. The conference covered an ambitious agenda, with nine separate panels each taking the stage during this...
Infrastructure
Spotlight Bond: $850 million New York State Thruway
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 05/02/2016 This week's spotlight bond comes from New York. The New York State Thruway Authority is scheduled to issue a $850 million negotiated bond series (junior indebtedness obligations) the week of May 02, 2016....
Infrastructure Digest: Investments and Policy in Our Cities and States
MuniNet Guide provides some of the more notable news stories relating to state and local infrastructure investments, involving transportation, environmental sustainability, energy, and economic development. High-Speed Rail Board to Weigh in on Revised...
Texas Transportation Commission Issues $615 Million in Highway Improvement Bonds
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 04/18/2016 The Texas Transportation Commission is scheduled to issue a $615 million bond, backed by the full faith and credit of the State of Texas, the week of April 18, 2016. The Commission has issued and preliminary...
Slow Descent: How Economic and Regulatory Factors Are Changing the Regional Airline Industry and the Potential Effect on the Nation’s Airports
by Peter Stettler Over the past ten to 15 years the major domestic network airlines have relied on regional airline partners to efficiently serve smaller and mid-sized airports across the nation. Lately the advantages of the regional airline model have begun to wane...
Worth the Walk: Investments in Active Transportation Infrastructure Provide Local Economic Benefits.
by Jeffrey L Garceau Residents of many major cities have become accustomed to seeing bicycle lanes on their streets and bicycle sharing services popping up in their neighborhoods, in an attempt to accommodate and foster non-motorized travel. People with concerns about...
Laboratories of Democracy: Oregon’s Mileage-Tax
by Jeffrey L Garceau In 2006, MuniNet Guide featured an article on a pilot program in Oregon testing an alternative means of taxing drivers for using Oregon’s roads. The participants had a global positioning device installed in their car, which determined the mileage...
Trends in Urban Development: Planning Ideas in the New Millennium
Like anything else in history, urban planning trends come and go with the times. The flight to the suburbs began in the 1950s and 1960s, and continued through the end of the century. But as the first decade of the new millennium came to a close, infill development in...
Is Obamacare Fraying Our Healthcare Safety Net
by guest contributor Shelley Michelson “A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.” Mahatma Gandhi The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA,” “ACA” a/k/a Obamacare) is providing a unique set of challenges for the nation's...
Are Public Libraries Still Relevant in American Communities?
by Mardee Handler Founded in 1833, the Peterborough Town Library in Peterborough, New Hampshire is the oldest tax-revenue supported library in the nation. If you visit its website, you’ll be greeted by an offer to follow the library on Facebook, attend a workshop to...