Transportation industry

Philadelphia International Airport's revenue bonds were lowered to A from A-plus because of a "relatively weak liquidity position."

Oregon motorists seem eager to sign up for the state's new miles-traveled road fee system but Connecticut lawmakers are not interested.

Public finance veteran Richard Ravitch said part of the solution to New York's mass transit funding problem would be to "elect better politicians."

Fast-growing Texas county forms special planning commission in an effort to block the route of a proposed high-speed rail line.

Los Angeles has agreed to return control of LA/Ontario International Airport to an Ontario, Calif.-based local authority.

Chicago's Midway International Airport is in line for $250 million in upgrades under a plan announced Thursday by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

The New Jersey Senate Legislative Oversight Committee will hold hearings on Aug. 10 that address rail tunnel repairs and long-term transportation challenges facing the Garden State.

Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., wants to almost double current federal gasoline and diesel taxes to raise more revenue for highway funding.

All Aboard Florida, the nation's first privately owned passenger rail, plans to quickly begin marketing $1.75 billion of private activity bonds after a key vote sealing the deal late Wednesday.

The North Carolina House puts a proposed $1.7 billion road infrastructure plan on fast track.

Challenges to $9 billion of bonds to pay for California's $68 billion high speed rail project are far from over.

Higher than expected revenues gives Missouri the needed matching funds for federal road dollars in 2017.

President Obama appointed Beverly Scott, former general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, to the National Transportation Safety Board.

President Obama signed Congress's latest transportation funding extension while criticizing lawmakers for the short-term HTF fix.

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Chairman John Degnan says federal backing is needed in order to advance a stalled Hudson River tunnel project from Amtrak that is being pushed by U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.

The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority in Washington State is planning to sell nearly $1 billion of green bonds Aug. 4 to pay for its mass transit system and for possible refunding purposes.

Numerous protestors plan to object to a Florida agency's approval of $1.75 billion of private activity bonds for a passenger train project.

Requests for $500 million of federal TIGER grants available in fiscal 2015 total $9.8 billion, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said.

Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell announced that he has hired transit expert and consultant Michael Burns to oversee Oahu’s $6 billion elevated rail project.

The Chicago Transit Authority enters the market next week with a $176 million issue to refund some of its federal grant-backed debt for savings.