Jim Watts

More public transit options do not reduce highway congestion and fewer options do not make it worse, according to an analysis by Reason Foundation.

The Federal Transit Authority has made available $3 billion of competitive grants aimed at upgrading the storm resilience of public transit infrastructure.

Transportation infrastructure funding is at a crossroad in 2014, as lawmakers confront the necessity of finding ways to bolster the rapidly depleting Highway Trust Fund while supporting efforts to ensure the nation's airports and ports maintain a global economic edge.

Maryland Transportation Authority will generate less than $10 million a year in toll revenue from express lanes on a $1.1 billion highway improvement project.

The Virginia Department of Transportation sought bids on more than $2.5 billion of transportation projects — more than the promised $2 billion - this year, Gov. Bob McDonnell said Wednesday.

U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller wants to know why the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey closed lanes on the George Washington Bridge in September.

The federal Maritime Administration is teaming up with financial experts to help ports develop infrastructure projects that attract private and public capital investments.

Six potential private-sector partners responded to Maryland's proposal to fund, build and operate a $2.2 billion light rail commuter line under the state's newly adopted public-private partnership law.

Virginia has 19 private-sector proposals in its quest for innovative solutions to develop and finance capacity additions to a congested interstate highway.

Moody's will extend its stable outlook to the airport sector in 2014 as more passengers will provide more support for new money debt.

Virginia Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe is reluctant to go ahead with a $1.4 billion toll road until the project receives final environmental approval from the Corps of Engineers.

Moody's Investors Service raised its outlook on the toll road industry to stable from negative as toll revenues continue a slow but steady recovery.

Coalition of labor and business executives support legislation to raise the federal gasoline tax by 15 cents per gallon to fund transportation infrastructure.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., will introduce a bill phasing in a 15 cent increase in the federal gasoline tax, currently at 18.4 cents per gallon.

A four-person team of experienced professionals will help lead the American Association of Airport Executives.

The merger of American Airlines and US Airways Group can proceed as scheduled after a federal bankruptcy judge's clearance of the airlines' federal anti-trust settlement.

Standard & Poor's and Moody's both changed their outlook on Arizona to positive from stable based on the state's improved budget stabilization fund balances.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane is expected to issue a decision on the American Airlines bankruptcy at a hearing at 10 a.m. Wednesday in New York.

Crowded terminals will become more common unless U.S. airports are able to fund the additional infrastructure needed to meet growing passenger demand.

A coalition of local leaders is asking Congress to generate an additional $30 billion a year for transportation efforts by almost doubling the federal gasoline tax.