Transportation industry

Beverly Scott, the animated former general manager of the Greater Boston transit system, says states and localities must push for new infrastructure investment.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has selected a development team to help enhance LaGuardia Airport with a $3.6 billion facelift.

A federal judge hears arguments Friday on whether the private All Aboard Florida passenger train project can issue $1.75 billion in private activity bonds.

Bills that would put in place President Obama’s six-year, $487 billion transportation proposal or set up regional clearing-houses for public-private partnerships were recently introduced and are pending before Congress.

A North Carolina anti-toll group wants a judge to proceed with its lawsuit in an attempt to stop the state’s Interstate 77 toll project for which the P3 contract was finalized May 20.

Australian fund manager IFM Investors has paid $5.72 billion to lease the Indiana Toll Road for 66 years, marking the largest privatization for an existing U.S. asset and the first time major US pension funds have invested in American infrastructure.

New York City taxpayers and businesses shoulder too big a burden for MTA operations, said city Comptroller Scott Stringer.

For the first time in eight months, Denver International Airport has a chief financial officer with the promotion of Gisela Shanahan from her previous post as senior manager of capital planning and budget.

Special highways panel says West Virginia needs to increase transportation funding by $1.1 billion per year.

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo proposed user fees for large commercial trucks to backstop a $700 million bond for transportation infrastructure.

A proposed constitutional amendment approved by House and Senate leaders would dedicate $2.5 billion of the general sales tax to the highway fund and add a portion of motor vehicle sales taxes beginning in 2020.

The Massachusetts legislature’s joint committee on transportation has scheduled a public hearing on Gov. Charlie Baker’s bill to overhaul the MBTA.

States have pulled back up to $2 billion of scheduled road projects due to uncertain federal transportation funding.

New service and a rebound in passengers at Orlando International Airport have expedited planning for a new $1 billion terminal.

The Central Florida Expressway Authority plans to issue $193 million in bond anticipation notes to provide interim financing for work on the Wekiva Parkway.

New Jersey State Senate president Stephen Sweeney used the opening of Memorial Day weekend to call for more transportation investments.

Few options that could provide enough revenue to increase transportation spending seem politically feasible, Moody’s says in new report.

Work on North Carolina’s Interstate 77 express toll lane project will begin this summer with a lawsuit pending and over recent objections filed by some communities.

Credit risks for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey are shifting because the agency is relying more on toll collections than aviation revenue to pay off debt, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Congressional study says airports lack adequate infrastructure because revenues for airport expansions and improvements are limited.