Transportation industry

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

A federal judge this week sided with Ohio when he dismissed a lawsuit challenging the use of Ohio Turnpike toll revenue to fund projects that aren't on the turnpike itself.

The New York Power Authority finished $2.1 million in energy efficiency upgrades at the MTA's Metro-North Railroad North White Plains Train Yard.

Fast-growing Montomery County north of Houston will vote again on $280 million of road bonds that were defeated in 2014, county commissioners decided.

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

A local engineering firm and its founder made a $2 million donation that provides one quarter of the local matching funds needed to qualify for federal grants on a $119 million runway project.

A $1 billion funding gap could jeopardize completion of the Green Line streetcar extension north of Boston, Massachusetts transportation officials say.

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.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority General Manager Joseph M. Casey is retiring after seven years leading the nation’s sixth-largest public transit agency.

The political bickering that litters the New York-area transportation funding landscape raises doubts about big projects such as the LaGuardian Airport renovation and Hudson River train tunnels.

A high-profile San Francisco Bay Area business advocate, the Bay Area Council's Jim Wunderman, says a sales tax should be used to help meet California's massive unfunded transportation needs.

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

California lawmakers began consideration of several bond-related propositions aimed at raising infrastructure revenue.

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

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie met Tuesday with federal transportation officials about funding for a long-stalled Hudson River rail tunnel that would connect his state to New York City.

Car rental taxes collected for stadium bonds must be refunded after their use was found to violate the Arizona constitution, a Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Christopher Whitten has ruled.

The new fiscal control board that oversees Greater Boston’s mass transit system is tightening its oversight of commuter rail subcontractor Keolis.

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