Transportation industry

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton unveiled projects in line for funding if lawmakers approve his plan to bolster transportation spending by billions in the coming years through tax and fee hikes and borrowing.

The NTSB will conduct a metallurgical examination of the electric third rail in its investigation of the Feb. 3 Metro-North Railroad accident in Valhalla, N.Y., that killed six people.

Sponsors of a privately funded $10 billion high-speed rail project between Houston and Dallas opt for route with fewest landowner issues.

Two Austin lawmakers are pushing bills that would allow increases in auto registration fees to finance road construction in Travis County.

New York's MTA will hold committee and board meetings Feb. 23 and 25, respectively, at a new location, 2 Broadway in lower Manhattan.

Gov. Charlie Baker is forming a panel to investigate the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in the aftermath of its storm-related struggles.

A tax increase to help fix Greater Boston's crippled mass transit system is not in the works, said Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker.

State lawmakers in Arkansas and Washington state give initial approval to measures that would increase local transportation funding.

"Gridlock Sam" Schwartz says now is the time for congestion pricing and tolling overhaul for the New York City region.

An agreement on staffing a new customs facility in Detroit removes the final roadblock to a $3.3 billion P3 bridge project.

Connecticut governor proposes 30-year, $100 billion transportation program to modernize state's highway and transit infrastructure.

Almost $3 billion of potential lost revenue from cuts in Maryland gasoline taxes could cripple spending for major transportation projects.

After 14 years of appointments by ex-Gov. Rick Perry, the Texas Transportation Commission will see its first board members named by Perry's successor Gov. Greg Abbott.

The Kansas House Transportation and Public Safety Budget Committee has removed Gov. Sam Brownback's budget-balancing proposal to transfer $280 million from the Kansas Department of Transportation to the general fund.

Washington state lawmakers' new $15 billion transportation proposal funded with a higher gasolines tax and $4.3 billion of state GO bonds.

After years of contentious debate, construction is expected to soon begin on a starter streetcar system in downtown Milwaukee with the Common Council's approval of a $124 million capital budget for the 2.5 mile project.

House Transportation Committee approved rail legislation that prompts Amtrak to seek private partners for station development projects.

Beverly Scott abruptly quit as general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the storm-besieged agency that operates the Greater Boston subway and commuter rail system, after the MBTA's poor performance in recent snowstorms.

The Republican caucuses of Connecticut's House and Senate propose a transportation bonding plan as an alternative to highway tolls.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott's lack of board appointments to the Florida Development Finance Corp. calls into question its authority to issue bonds, including billions in debt it has agreed to issue.