Transportation industry

Charles W. Hoppe, president of Long Island Rail Road from 1990 to 1994, died at age 80, officials from New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced.

Omnibus federal budget law revives more than $2 billion of unexpended state road earmarks for new use.

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is slated to sell $149 million of revenue bonds later this week to refund old debt.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a tech modernization program for the MTA, including expanded Wi-Fi hotspots, accelerating mobile payments and ticketing to replace the MetroCard.

Plans for a $1 billion electric car factory in North Las Vegas are a credit positive for Clark County and Nevada, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Nebraska would accelerate work on an unfinished expressway with funding from a proposed transportation infrastructure bank.

The U.S. Department of Transportation gave All Aboard Florida another year to issue $1.75 billion of private activity bonds for its $3.5 billion passenger train project.

The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce wants a $600 million increase in annual transportation funding.

Calling for a massive overhaul of New York’s Penn Station was easy for Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Now come the questions.

The chair of California’s Assembly Committee on Transportation unveiled legislation he said would provide revenue to meet the state’s serious transportation needs.

The San Diego Association of Governments is holding public hearings to gauge public sentiment on a half-cent sales tax for transportation.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo revived long-delayed plans to overhaul New York’s Pennsylvania Station, saying “big problems require big solutions.”

States are looking at special taxes and user fees as number of alternatively fueled vehicles grow.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled Wednesday plans for the largest capital program in the state’s history aimed at upgrading transportation infrastructure.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing a third set of tracks on the Long Island Rail Road main line, saying it would address the region's infrastructure challenges while also generating an economic boost.

Louisiana needs more robust sources of transportation revenues to restore its highway system, transition panel says.

New tolled express lane west of Denver is meeting early expectations for congestion relief within the I-70 corridor.

The Regional Transportation Authority of Illinois kicks off the New Year with a rare new money borrowing as it looks to avoid state-related credit fallout.

Agreement on $29 billion in capital funding for the MTA was the best moment of the year for New York City transit riders, said the Straphangers Campaign group.

November toll traffic on the Atlantic City Expressway was down 1% from the year-earlier period, according to the South Jersey Transportation Authority.