Transportation industry

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf offered support for the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority’s planned development of the Southport Marine Terminal Complex during a visit Wednesday to the 196-acre site.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said he will sign a $1.2 billion road funding package that cleared the legislature late Tuesday after months of fits and starts during ongoing negotiations.

House leaders hope to have a final vote Thursday on a six-year, $325 billion transportation funding bill.

Texas voters approved a new transportation funding formula that could provide $2.5 billion for highways, but the money will not start flowing right away.

While the MTA's $29 billion capital plan is under review by a panel in Albany, the sniping remains in New York.

Phoenix Plans to Issue $117.9 million of revenue bonds for Sky Harbor Airport, whose traffic appears to be growing after dominant carrier U.S. Airways merged with American Airlines.

Fitch ratings affirmed LA/Ontario International Airport, Calif.’s A-minus rating, but also maintained a negative outlook.

Los Angeles International Airport received rating affirmations ahead of plans to price $302 million in general airport revenue bonds.

The $325 billion, six-year transportation bill set for a vote this week in the House falls short of the level of funding needed, President Obama said.

Voters in Texas will decide $9.1 billion of local bond proposals and a statewide constitutional amendment to divert $2.5 billion of sales tax revenue to transportation.

Hawaii's airport system received upgrades from two rating agencies and an improved outlook ahead of a $250 million bond sale.

The more than 250 amendments filed to the House's proposed six-year highway bill include a proposal to raise the federal gasoline tax by 15 cents.

Virginia’s P3 project pipeline includes seven transportation-related projects that could be financed as public-private partnerships.

How to fund repairs for crumbling infrastructure vexes the biggest of transit agencies and the smallest of states.

New York MTA intends to close the main entrance to its Whitehall Street-South Ferry at the lower tip of Manhattan while it completes its $194 million rehabilitation.

The $500 million of federal TIGER grants to transportation projects in 34 states brings the total to $4.6 billion since 2009.

The National Governors Association is calling on newly elected House Speaker Paul Ryan to move transportation and online sales tax legislation.

The Senate on Wednesday adopted a short-term extension of federal transportation funding that was approved the previous day by the House.

Broward County, Fla., expects to issue $488.9 million of revenue bonds for its $2.4 billion capital program at the Fort Lauderdale airport amid a boom in passenger traffic and capital construction at major airports in the Southeast.

Five big southeast airports have major capital plans underway, including Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, for which Broward County, Fla. is selling $489 million of revenue bonds Oct. 29. Traffic Growth Helps Spur Fort Lauderdale Airport Deal