Jim Watts

Surplus toll road revenues will fund preliminary engineering studies on a potential rapid rail segment in north central Texas.

Latest in a series of annual polls on transportation funding finds public will accept increase of gasoline tax if revenue dedicated to road work.

State lawmakers have authorized more than $8 billion of new road bonds in 2015, with billions more of new revenues up to the voters in fall elections.

Transportation advocates target 16 members of key House committees with radio ads for multiyear highway and transit funding.

Phoenix voters have approved a $31.7 billion transportation plan funded by an increase in a dedicated sales tax.

Virginia's proposed $2.1 billion project to reduce congestion on Interstate 66 can go ahead as a public-private partnership.

Colorado may have to cut highway funding so it can issue tax refunds triggered by the state's TABOR law.

Two Maryland counties have committed another $60 million to help fund the proposed $2 billion Purple Line P3 light-rail project.

Senate's multiyear transportation funding bill loosens restrictions on tolling of existing lanes of interstate highways.

A $211 million, 35-year low-interest federal loan is the final piece of the funding plan for a Delaware toll road

Gas prices fell in Washington State despite a 7 cent per gallon increase in the state gasoline tax, AAA said.

Smaller seaports may find it difficult to fund the facilities needed to compete with rivals that can accommodate larger cargo ships.

The $11.6 billion set aside for a new freight-related highway projects is seen as important part of Senate's proposed six-year transportation bill.

Baltimore officials want Maryland to share savings from a cancelled rail project to upgrade the city's bus system.

Oregon motorists seem eager to sign up for the state's new miles-traveled road fee system but Connecticut lawmakers are not interested.

Fast-growing Texas county forms special planning commission in an effort to block the route of a proposed high-speed rail line.

Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., wants to almost double current federal gasoline and diesel taxes to raise more revenue for highway funding.

The North Carolina House puts a proposed $1.7 billion road infrastructure plan on fast track.

Higher than expected revenues gives Missouri the needed matching funds for federal road dollars in 2017.

President Obama signed Congress's latest transportation funding extension while criticizing lawmakers for the short-term HTF fix.