Jim Watts

Latest estimates show declining ridership on Washington’s Metro won’t harm the $5.6 billion Purple Line P3 rail project.

Interstate tolling and higher gas taxes are among state road funding proposals already on the table for 2017.

Illinois may opt for a public-private partnership to finance a $2.7 billion highway expansion project in Chicago.

The grant from the Federal Transit Administration completes funding for $1 billion Texas rail line linking Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport with downtown stations.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan wants lawmakers to repeal a new law requiring statewide ranking of road projects.

Private investors sign contract to finance, build, and operate tolled express lanes on a Virginia highway.

A House panel approved $834 million for a new FBI headquarters that will be financed as public-private partnership.

Federal civil rights investigation will delay Colorado’s proposed $1.7 billion P3 highway expansion project.

More federal transportation funding is needed to eliminate constraints caused by inadequate national freight network, officials warned.

Political risks are the darkest cloud dimming the transportation sector’s stable outlook for 2017, Fitch said.