Transportation industry

New York's MTA board is weighing an $11 million addition to its $429 million contract with Bombardier and Siemens for train controls that would inhibit speeding.

With more than $6 billion invested in airport rail links, cities in the Southwest envision a new way of doing business.

The Alaska Legislature adjourned Friday after passing a revised version of the Knik Arm Bridge bill which would transfer control of the $900 million project to the State Department of Revenue.

Wells Fargo links limited supply of transportation infrastructure bonds to uncertainty over federal funding.

New York's MTA expects its tentative five-year deal with Transport Workers Union Local 100 to cost $525 million, according to an authority document.

Chicago announced Friday that the CTA has secured a $79 million transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan to help fund a new $240 million 95th Street Terminal on a Chicago Transit Authority light-rail line.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation has named David Tyeryar as the agency's new chief financial officer.

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority accepted the first segment of the $5.7 billion Silver Line train extension to Dulles Airport from the contractor.

Lack of congressional action to replenish the dwindling Highway Trust Fund means aging bridges will continue to deteriorate.

Alaska's $900 million project to build a bridge over the Knik Arm of the Cook Inlet is a step closer to construction as the new funding plan makes its way through the state legislature.

A consortium led by Sweden's Skanska Infrastructure Development will negotiate a P3 contract to build Florida's massive "Ultimate Interstate 4" project.

The growing Tampa Bay area on Florida's mid-west coast plans to ease severe traffic congestion with major transit upgrades, including new light-rail systems.

Airports may someday face competition from high-speed rail, but that's not a sure thing yet, Kroll Bond Rating Agency said in a new report on rating methodology for general airport revenue bonds.

Researchers at three universities are looking into the development and future vision for high-speed rail in the United States.

The Utah Transit Authority is privately placing $144 million of subordinate sales tax revenue bonds to reduce variable-rate exposure.

Moody's revised the outlook on the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority, Fla., to stable as it prepares a work plan and faces potential governance changes.

The Highway Trust Fund will not be able to meet obligations for highway and transit projects in fiscal 2015 under President Obama's proposed budget, the Congressional Budget Office is warning.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed plans to name Atlanta International Airport's new manager in the next two weeks after interviewing three candidates.

A plan to reduce congestion in Austin's fast-growing northern suburbs is expected to cost $164 million, says a local government coalition called Project Connect.

New York's MTA and Transit Workers Union 100 reached a tentative five-year labor agreement, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced.