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mechanism for seaports. </p> <p class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://reason.org/policy-brief/">Policy Brief</a> by <a href="https://reason.org/author/jay-derr/" title="Posts by Jay Derr" class="author url fn" rel="author">Jay Derr</a> <time class="published" datetime="2025-06-05T00:01:00-04:00">June 5, 2025</time> </p> </div> </li> <li class="listingcontent col-12"> <div class="listingcontent-image"> <a href="/policy-brief/annual-transportation-finance-report-2025/"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20351%20195'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset="https://a8d50b36.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/dreamstime_xxl_248847942-380x211.jpg 360w, https://a8d50b36.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/dreamstime_xxl_248847942-750x422.jpg 750w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, (min-width: 767px) 238px, (min-width: 977px) 311px, (min-width: 1185px) 378px" alt="Annual Transportation Finance Report 2025" class="entry-image" width="351" height="195" style="width: 100%; height: auto;" data-lazy-src="https://a8d50b36.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/dreamstime_xxl_248847942-380x211.jpg"><noscript><img src="https://a8d50b36.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/dreamstime_xxl_248847942-380x211.jpg" srcset="https://a8d50b36.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/dreamstime_xxl_248847942-380x211.jpg 360w, https://a8d50b36.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/dreamstime_xxl_248847942-750x422.jpg 750w" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, (min-width: 767px) 238px, (min-width: 977px) 311px, (min-width: 1185px) 378px" alt="Annual Transportation Finance Report 2025" class="entry-image" width="351" height="195" style="width: 100%; height: auto;"></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="listingcontent-body"> <h5 class="entry-title"> <a href="/policy-brief/annual-transportation-finance-report-2025/" class="listingcontent-title"> Annual Transportation Finance Report 2025 </a> </h5> <p class="entry-subhead"> Infrastructure investors financed $77.5 billion worth of public-private partnership infrastructure transactions last year. </p> <p class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://reason.org/policy-brief/">Policy Brief</a> by <a href="https://reason.org/author/robert-poole/" title="Posts by Robert Poole" class="author url fn" rel="author">Robert Poole</a> <time class="published" datetime="2025-05-29T06:00:00-04:00">May 29, 2025</time> </p> </div> </li> <li class="listingcontent col-12"> <div class="listingcontent-image"> <a href="/policy-brief/annual-surface-transportation-infrastructure-report-2025/"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20351%20195'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-lazy-srcset="https://a8d50b36.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/dreamstime_xxl_377248090-380x211.jpg 360w, https://a8d50b36.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/dreamstime_xxl_377248090-750x422.jpg 750w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, (min-width: 767px) 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