Jim Watts

A subsea traffic tunnel below Chesapeake Bay has been pushed ahead to take advantage of low interest rates.

A House bill would stop federal funding for public transit and bike paths to protect solvency of the Highway Trust Fund.

Another short-term fix of the Highway Trust Fund is likely as Congress struggles with how to pay for a multiyear transportation measure.

Airport capital needs will total $75.7 billion through 2019 to keep pace with increases in passenger and cargo loads.

State and local officials see chaos ahead for highway funding if Congress doesn't quickly pass a long-term transportation bill.

The Highway Trust Fund will be insolvent this summer without new revenues to bolster gas tax collections, CBO says in new analysis.

A higher federal gasoline tax offset by an income tax rebate could unsnarl the revenue gridlock in Congress blocking a multiyear highway bill, ARTBA says.

Road builders association says it has a plan to untangle the congressional gridlock on federal transportation funding.

Increasing the federal gasoline tax by 10 cents per gallon to generate enough revenue to fully fund a multiyear federal transportation bill could, in turn, be offset by a 2% drop in the top margin income tax rate, the nonpartisan Tax Foundation said in a recent report.

Pressure from constituents may be best hope for quick congressional approval of a long-term federal transportation bill, industry advocates say.

States seeking to boost their transportation funding are finding gasoline tax increases as the most effective path to progress.

An airline group asks Congress to oppose a proposal by airports for a 90% boost in a federal passenger fee that funds capital projects.

The House passes a four-year Amtrak funding bill that requires a study of high-speed passenger rail from Washington, D.C., to Boston.

Funding boost in Obama's $478 billion transportation proposal needed so state agencies can build significant projects, Foxx says.

The Obama administration has no Plan B for the revenue that would be needed to support its proposed $478 billion, six-year transportation measure if Congress fails to pass its corporate tax reform proposals, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Thursday.

Almost 300 House Democrats and Republicans joined in a letter pushing for passage of a long-term highway bill by May 31.

Maryland pushes back bids on its $2.5 billion Purple Line P3 rail project so partners can study how to build it cheaper.

Sponsors of a privately funded $10 billion high-speed rail project between Houston and Dallas opt for route with fewest landowner issues.

State lawmakers in Arkansas and Washington state give initial approval to measures that would increase local transportation funding.

An agreement on staffing a new customs facility in Detroit removes the final roadblock to a $3.3 billion P3 bridge project.