Transportation industry

Tennessee highway coalition drums up support for an increase in state taxes and fees for infrastructure projects.

Development of a new multiyear highway bill with more funding for state transportation projects is main focus of a key Senate committee.

Connecticut needs a secure transportation lockbox that all funds raised for transportation is spent on that, said Gov. Dannel Malloy on the cusp of his second term.

Work is officially under way on California's $68 billion high speed passenger rail project funded with $10 billion of voter-approved state bonds

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the MBTA chose \Peebles Corp. of Miami to develop the $330 million Massachusetts Turnpike air rights project.

MBTA completes its funding for a $2.3 billion light rail project in Boston with a $996 million federal grant.

States will seek ways in 2015 to enhance existing revenue streams or create new ones to fund critical transportation projects, Wells Fargo says.

Los Angeles World Airport officials said enplanements at LA/Ontario International Airport grew in 2014, a year Los Angeles spent battling Ontario city officials who want control of the Inland Empire airfield.

The Texas Department of Transportation is investing in transportation projects along its 367-mile coast in anticipation of increased trade through an expanded Panama Canal and exports of natural gas amid mixed economic indicators.

Missouri's proposed $2 billion upgrade of I-70 could be funded by tolling the 200-mile link between Kansas City and St. Louis.

A ceremonial groundbreaking for California's $68 billion high speed passenger rail project is scheduled in Fresno.

Lack of action on federal transportation funding means growth in states' use of public-private partnerships to build, fund, and operate large projects.

New York City has issued a request for information for mobile payment options for the payment and scheduling of parking tickets.

The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority in Washington received a negative outlook from Standard & Poor's on its outstanding "parity" lien obligations, but the authority, known as Sound Transit, retained its AAA rating.

Short-term extensions of federal transportation spending are likely to continue through 2015 as lawmakers struggle with a gasoline tax that can't pay the bills.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie rejected proposed legislation aimed at improving accountability at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García Padilla is delaying signing an oil tax hike that would support Puerto Rico's Highways and Transportation Authority and GDB.

The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority will head into its fourth year of a $12 billion, 15-year infrastructure program with record capital spending planned.

Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia formally closed on $600 million of federal loans for Silver Line rail project to Dulles Airport.

A three-mile segment of the Coalfields Expressway will be the first public-private partnership project to be built under West Virginia's new P3 law.