Infrastructure

A hike in Illinois' motor fuel tax and vehicle registration fees could help raise an additional $1.8 billion of annual revenue for transportation under a proposal announced by an Illinois coalition.

Joe Weber, a former Texas A&M classmate of Gov. Rick Perry and longtime friend, will head the Texas Department of Transportation.

With its grand opening a month away, Denver's Union Station redevelopment has attracted nearly $1 billion in private investment, according to the Regional Transportation District.

While there is wide agreement Northeast infrastructure is rotting, there is nowhere near the same consensus about what to do and how to pay for it.

The loss of Southwest Airlines at Jackson-Evers International Airport in Mississippi prompted Fitch Ratings to downgrade the airport to BBB-plus from A-minus.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton co-hosted a meeting in Los Angeles aimed at finding new ways to develop public-private partnerships to fund climate-friendly infrastructure projects.

For the 16th consecutive year, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport retained its title as world's busiest airport in 2013.

Bills to make it harder for the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority to raise tolls are pending in the Florida Legislature, and are raising concern about bond funding for future projects.

Rep. Paul Ryan's proposed fiscal 2015 budget "takes a bipartisan jackhammer" to transportation funding, said Rep. Nick Rahall, the top Democrat on the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee.

Mesa's plan to build a 1.9-mile light-rail extension using $200 million of revenue bonds does not require a public vote, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled on April 1.