Transportation industry

The San Diego Association of Governments plans a bond sale in mid-July.

U.S. airports, ports, and toll roads should experience healthy growth in 2016 thanks to a recovering economy and low fuel prices.

The New York MTA board approved the latest, $29.5 billion, iteration of a five-year capital program that seemingly has had more delays than some of its megaprojects.

New transportation program dedicates portion of revenue from Nebraska’s gasoline tax to state road infrastructure bank.

Variable-rate debt represents a manageable 7% of New York MTA’s $36.7 billion debt portfolio, finance manager Patrick McCoy said.

Junk-rated Chicago Public Schools will offer a fiscal 2017 budget next month that relies on credit lines to help pay its bills, schools chief Forrest Claypool said.

Construction delays at the 72nd Street station could jeopardize the planned December opening of the Second Avenue subway line, New York MTA officials say.

Maryland is seeking a federal FASTLANE grant to expand a subsea rail tunnel that moves freight at the Port of Maryland.

An international consortium of investors and project developers plans to issue $272 million of private activity bonds to build toll lanes in one of the Houston area’s most congested corridors.

State officials say a 45% road funding shortfall will cripple Minnesota’s highway expansion plans by 2018.

Outside-the-box approaches to New York's regional transportation woes still beg the question of funding.

Louisiana’s fiscal problems require that the state alter how it prioritizes capital outlay projects, particularly those financed with state bonds, said Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne.

Members of a House panel rebuffed a request from WMATA for $300 million per year of additional federal funding.

A plan to reduce Oklahoma’s $1.3 billion budget shortfall would include $500 million of bonds for highway projects under a plan announced by Gov. Mary Fallin.

Upgrading San Francisco’s vulnerable northern seawall to protect against earthquakes and rising sea level could cost $5 billion.

Maryland legislators have overridden Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of a bill requiring ranking of transportation projects.

As it delivers growing numbers of commuters through Houston’s congested car culture, the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County will make a side trip to the municipal market with $136 million of refunding bonds.

The Indiana Finance Authority’s $250 million 2014 private activity bond issue for the I-69 Section 5 project received a one-notch Fitch Ratings downgrade to BBB-minus.

Ohio is highlighting the strong, multi-layered backing of its highway bonds as it prepares to sell $231 million to pay for highway capital improvements.

U.S. ports and their private-sector partners plan to spend a whopping $154.8 billion on port-related freight and passenger infrastructure over the next five years, according to a survey by the American Association of Port Authorities.