Transportation industry

Raising the state gas tax and tolling East River and other bridges could help New York's MTA fill a gap of at least $15.2 billion, said former chairman Richard Ravitch.

More than four decades after Southwest Airlines landed at Love Field, the Dallas airport is finally unshackled from the Wright Amendment that minimized its rivalry with Dallas-Fort Worth International.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's administration says its plan to build a $1.5 billion privately financed toll road in partnership with Indiana remains on track with the endorsement of a key Chicago area planning committee.

Sen. Barbara Boxer wants action in the House on her proposals to revive the chronically insolvent Highway Trust Fund.

Georgia officials and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wednesday signed the paperwork enabling the state to use bond proceeds to begin long-awaited work on the $706 million Port of Savannah harbor expansion.

Transportation should see slow but steady growth through the remainder of 2014, Fitch said in a new sector outlook released Thursday.

All Aboard Florida , the proposed private passenger train service between Miami and Orlando, has applied for a $1.75B federal private activity bond allocation.

The most-traded P3 bonds have rallied this year, and retained gains since the Sept. 22 bankruptcy filing by the manager of the Indiana Toll Road.

The cost of Maryland's Purple Line rail project has risen to $2.45 billion, up $21 million since September and almost $1.5 billion more than projected in 2007, according to the latest estimate by the Maryland Transit Administration.

The $15 billion gap in New York MTA's proposed four-year capital plan, recently vetoed by a state review board, has cast a pall over the transit agency's plans.

Americans are suffering the consequences of Congress, governors and legislators across the U.S. pushing the burden of today's costs onto the backs of tomorrow's taxpayers by repeatedly putting off infrastructure repairs and new construction.

A Chamber-led advocacy group is buying billboards and ads in 33 congressional districts urging Congress to fix the Highway Trust Fund.

The bankruptcy of the private operator who runs the Indiana Toll Road is not expected to affect the triple-A rated state’s credit, Moody's Investors Service said Friday.

S&P raised its ratings to A from A-minus on Southwest Florida International Airport bonds based on improving passenger loads and financials.

South Florida environmentalists filed suit Thursday to stop dredging of the channel to ready the PortMiami for opening of the expanded Panama Canal.

Fort Worth Transportation Authority may begin construction in 2016 of its long-anticipated $810 million rail line to DFW Airport.

New York City Transit's station repair program is progressing too slowly, said a report from State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Failure by Congress to develop a long-term transportation bill early next year could mean another highway funding crisis in a few months.

A Lackawanna County Court ruled that Scranton, Pa., overstepped in assessing a commuter tax on nonresidents.

Virginia lawmakers will consider a budget amendment to ensure new spending cuts do not imperil a planned $100 million road bond issue.