Infrastructure

Fitch Ratings shifted its outlook on O'Hare International Airport to stable from negative citing steady air traffic trends and more certainty over American Airlines' future at the airport after the airline's exit from bankruptcy.

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority closes on a $1.3 billion federal loan to complete the final 11 miles of a light-rail line to Dulles International Airport.

Even as the city struggles to find funds to repair its own streets, Pocatello, Idaho street repair crews have been doing work in other Southeastern Idaho cities for free.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has begun a program to identify areas under elevated roads, bridges and viaducts for redevelopment opportunities.

Everything from mileage-based fee systems to higher state fuel taxes are on the table as states seek new ways to increase transportation funding.

North Carolina's Fayetteville Public Works Commission plans to price $110 million in revenue bonds in a rare competitive deal.

Georgia privately placed $26 million in bonds to finance the tolling system for a start-up express lane project south of Atlanta.

Airport credits are stabilizing after major shifts in the airline industry, Moody's Investors Service said, but smaller hub airports face challenges.

Phoenix has formed a citizens committee to plan for expansion of the city's light-rail after Mayor Greg Stanton said he wanted to triple the length of the existing system over three decades.

After opening its light rail line to the airport four months early, Dallas Area Rapid Transit officials are pressing on with bond-financed rail development.