Transportation industry

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

New York MTA's $29 billion capital program is bound for Albany after its board approves the five-year plan.

The House on Tuesday passed a three-week extension of federal transportation funding that would keep reimbursements to states for highway and transit projects flowing through Nov. 20.

New York’s MTA reduces budget risk through the interest-rate and fuel-hedging strategies of its derivatives program, its finance manager said.

The House could vote as early as Tuesday on a 22-day extension of federal transportation funding to avoid a Oct. 29 expiration date.

Voters in Louisiana rejected a plan to boost transportation funding at the expense of the state's rainy day fund.

E. Virgil Conway, who was a chairman of New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority and a member of the MTA Board, died Oct. 21 in Southampton, N.Y. He was 85.

The Michigan Senate will begin reviewing the $1.2 billion transportation plan passed by the House the week of Oct. 26.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has advanced a plan to move toward replacing its aging Manhattan bus terminal.

Congress will consider another short-term extension of federal highway funding as lawmakers seek a solution to a revenue shortfall.

The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority sees big economic potential for its plans to develop a 194-acre site at the tip of the Philadelphia Navy Yard.