Transportation industry

The Federal Transit Administration will distribute $266 million of competitive grants this year for transit infrastructure and environmentally friendly bus projects.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport launched a $6 billion, 20-year capital plan; the world’s busiest airport is part of a wave of U.S. airports spending money on infrastructure as traffic booms.

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has proposed a $1.4 billion 2017 fiscal budget that spares riders a fare hike.

Private investors in Maryland’s multi-billion dollar Purple Line P3 rail project will finance their share of construction with a federal loan and private-activity bonds.

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority could ask voters to approve an additional half cent sales tax in addition to extending one passed in 2008 to fund $120 billion of transportation projects.

Mississippi state senators approve a placeholder measure that keeps a proposed gas tax increase on the table.

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority could pursue a portion of its $8 billion expansion plan under terms of a bill Georgia legislators passed shortly before adjourning.

An overhaul of LaGuardia Airport is closer to taking flight after the Port Authority of New York and Jersey Board of Commissioners voted to approve a public-private partnership for the $4 billion project.

The Gateway Tunnel rail project connecting New Jersey to Manhattan received a commitment for $70 million in an effort to fast-track the estimated $20 billion initiative.

Chicago Transit Authority will use a $255 million federal TIFIA loan to replace more than 800 rail cars.

States can compete for $95 million of federal grants for experiments with user-based road funding mechanisms.

Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed into law $1 billion in new road and bridge funding for the next two years.

New York’s MTA expects to know the fate of its five-year capital program by the end of the month, said Chairman Thomas Prendergast.

Sierra Club and other environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit to stop Colorado’s $1.8 billon P3 rebuild of I-70.

Atlantic City is putting its former airport property up for auction in an effort to address its massive debt burden eight years after a gamble with the land backfired.

Alabama proposal would set its gasoline tax rate to match the average fuel levy in surrounding states.

Seven cities remain in the running for a $40 million federal grant aimed at integrating high-tech with transportation operations.

Blue ribbon panel studying Seattle area’s road funding needs says mileage fee is most sustainable revenue option.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority intends to hand its oversight board a $2 billion budget that trims its structural deficit from $242 million to $80 million.

Growth in the P3 market has been slow and fragmented so far, but it is positioned for rapid growth, Moody’s Investors Service says.