Transportation industry

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has begun a program to identify areas under elevated roads, bridges and viaducts for redevelopment opportunities.

Everything from mileage-based fee systems to higher state fuel taxes are on the table as states seek new ways to increase transportation funding.

North Carolina's Fayetteville Public Works Commission plans to price $110 million in revenue bonds in a rare competitive deal.

Georgia privately placed $26 million in bonds to finance the tolling system for a start-up express lane project south of Atlanta.

Airport credits are stabilizing after major shifts in the airline industry, Moody's Investors Service said, but smaller hub airports face challenges.

Phoenix has formed a citizens committee to plan for expansion of the city's light-rail after Mayor Greg Stanton said he wanted to triple the length of the existing system over three decades.

After opening its light rail line to the airport four months early, Dallas Area Rapid Transit officials are pressing on with bond-financed rail development.

Mileage-based fees may one day replace the gasoline tax as the prime source for federal transportation funding, but it won't be quick and it won't be easy.

Running four months ahead of schedule on the light-rail connection to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport that opened Monday, Dallas Area Rapid Transit leaders are taking no time to catch their breath after five years of intensive bond-financed development.

Pennsylvania's Transportation Commission will submit an updated 12-year, $63.2 billion transportation program to federal officials, said Gov. Tom Corbett.

Texas' largest county issued $196 million of road bonds with top ratings drawing strong demand from institutional investors.

Congress delayed, but did not fix, a $100 billion hole in federal transportation spending with the enactment last Friday of legislation providing $10.8 billion to extend solvency of the rapidly shrinking Highway Trust Fund by 10 months.

The 114-mile stretch of California's high speed rail project from Fresno to Bakersfield received approval from a federal railway oversight board on Tuesday.

A strike or work slowdown at U.S. West Coast ports could result in the loss of billions of dollars to the U.S. economy if goods are diverted to non-U.S. ports, a Fitch Ratings report said.

A federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit over the massive $2.6 billion Ohio River Bridges Project being built by Kentucky and Indiana.

Michigan is selling $266 million of state trunk line refunding bonds on Wednesday, hoping to see savings of nearly 8% on the original debt.

President Obama signed a 10-month, $11 billion bailout of Highway Trust Fund that ensures federal reimbursements continue to state transportation projects.

Illinois will host a forum next month to meet with developers, air carriers and potential tenants as the state seeks to advance plans for a public private partnership to develop the South Suburban Airport.

A federal appellate panel Thursday ruled that North Carolina’s plan to replace the 50-year-old Bonner Bridge must be reconsidered by a lower court.

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is urging voters to press lawmakers for a long-term solution to federal highway funding before the end of 2014, but industry experts don't expect Congress to take action until spring 2015 at the earliest.