Transportation industry

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.

The MTA's Metro-North Railroad and Mount Vernon, N.Y., will work to replace up to three priority bridges that carry vehicular traffic, said Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

A Superior Court judge in Riverside County will hear arguments Oct. 31 on a motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit brought by Ontario, California seeking the return of its airport from Los Angeles.

Pennsylvania's P3 board approved a project seeking a private partner to develop clean-burning compressed natural gas fueling stations at public transit agencies statewide.

Federal grants awarded to transit systems damaged by Hurricane Sandy will reduce the financial strain from future storms, Moody's said.

Connecticut will come to market with a $730 million sale of special tax obligation transportation infrastructure bonds, including $130 million in refunding.

Most Texans want to increase state spending on transportation infrastructure without raising taxes, according to a new statewide poll.

Chicago officials said the city's O'Hare International Airport is on pace to reclaim the title of the world's busiest airport by flights, a title it ceded a decade ago to Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Memorial Airport.

Targeted increases in transportation infrastructure funding are needed to overcome a 10-year backlog of neglected projects.

Transportation Department doesn't account for how it awards federal TIGER grants, GAO says in new report.