Transportation – Mass Transit

Featured Bond – Utah Transit Authority $551 Million

The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) is scheduled to issue $511 in Sales Tax Revenue Bonds and Sales Tax Refunding Bonds with Wells Fargo as the lead manager. The negotiated sale is scheduled for November 6th, 2019. Each of the three Series has unique characteristics, so...

Featured Bond – Week of July 29, 2019: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District – $674 Million in GO Bonds (Green Bonds)

Featured Bond - Week of July 29, 2019: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District - $674 Million in GO Bonds (Green Bonds) By Ashton Hicks Overview The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) District is issuing $674 million total in General Obligation Green...

MuniNet Guide Experts Roundtable: Michael Belsky

by Mardee Handler Current Trends in Municipal Finance: A Birdseye View Flint, Michigan made national news headlines when it experienced its water crisis in 2014. During the crisis, 12 people died and at least 87 others became sick from unsafe drinking water. Seven...

Featured Municipal Bond Issue: $304 Million Dallas Area Rapid Transit Senior Lien Sales Tax Revenue Refunding Bonds

Featured Municipal Bond Issue:  –  Dallas Area Rapid Transit Senior Lien Sales Tax Revenue Refunding Bonds,  Series 2019 Our featured new issue municipal bond of the week is Dallas Area Rapid Transit,  which is planning to negotiate the sale of a refunding issue to...

No Car… No Problem in These Top Public Transit Cities

The Big Apple was recently identified as the best U.S. city for public transportation by Walk Score, which ranked public transit options in 316 cities across the country. Whether you agree or disagree with Walk Score’s methodology for ranking transit systems, it’s hard to dispute the overriding notion that public transportation plays an increasingly important role in communities of all size across the nation.

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