Transportation industry

Two groups submit acceptable financial plans for Virginia’s $2 billion P3 plan to expand I-66.

Big-ticket transit plans are riding on the outcome of ballots cast in densely populated Wake County, N.C., and Atlanta in November, where voters are being asked to increase sales taxes to fund those plans.

Chicago’s motor fuel bonds and a Transportation Infrastructure and Innovation Act loan fell a notch Tuesday as S&P Global Ratings’ moved the ratings down in tandem with its recent downgrade of the state’s general obligation rating.

The Transportation Department fast-tracked the Hudson Tunnel replacement portion of the $24 billion Gateway Program.

New Jersey’s 23-cent gas tax hike, and its offsetting tax cuts in other areas, will help the state’s current 2017 operating budget at the expense of raising budgetary pressure for 2018 and beyond, according to S&P Global Ratings.

Manufacturers group wants new president to go bold with $1 trillion infrastructure plan.

The New Jersey Transit’s fiscal management and safety infrastructure will be scrutinized at New Jersey Senate hearings in the wake of a Sept. 29 Hoboken, N.J. train crash that killed one woman.

Transit advocates see Baltimore's proposed Red Line as key part of multi-state rail link.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing for automatic tolling at Metropolitan Transportation Authority-operated bridges and tunnels in hopes of echoing other states that have eased traffic congestion through similar strategies.

Two voter opinion polls differ on the likely outcome of Austin's $720 million mobility bond referendum.

A transportation coalition is asking presidential campaigns for details on long-term plans to fund federal highway programs.

The offsetting tax cuts New Jersey lawmakers accepted to get Gov. Chris Christie to accept a gas tax increase for transportation are credit negative for state finances, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Hawaii's test of a road user revenue plan may involve sending motorists mock mileage bills that highlight the potential fees.

The Virginia Port Authority's credit ratings have been downgraded by S&P Global Ratings ahead of a planned bond sale that will restructure the authority's debt.

Holders of $113 million of defaulted bonds issued for a Branson, Missouri Airport will get an update on airport operations and an amended forbearance agreement on Oct. 13.

Democrats in the Senate and House have introduced separate bills to raise limits for both tax-exempt small issue manufacturing bonds and highway or surface freight facility bonds.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam will propose a highway funding plan to the 2017 General Assembly that includes a gas tax hike.

The planned shutdown of the L subway line through Brooklyn has spawned widespread calls in New York to spend capital dollars on alternative transportation.

S&P Global says U.S. could rebuild its public infrastructure through the repatriation of overseas corporate earnings.

A House Democrat from Connecticut wants to use federal funds to construct a proposed $10 billion system of interstate highway tunnels in Hartford, Conn., that the state highway department deemed too expensive.