Transportation industry

California Assemblyman Jeff Gorell, R-Camarillo, has filed paperwork for a ballot measure that would prohibit the sale of voter-approved bonds for the state's high speed rail project.

More state transportation P3 projects are on the horizon for 2014 due to declines in state and federal funding streams, Fitch said in a report

Oregon Treasurer Ted Wheeler said he won't approve the issuance of over $1.5 billion bonds for the Columbia River Crossing project until there is more certainty on toll collections.

The Phoenix area will see its light rail system grow with this week's $115 million of sales tax-backed bonds.

The triple-A Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Council is readying $194 million of general obligation notes and bonds for competitive sale Tuesday.

Eleven U.S. cities are among the first in the 33 of 100 in the world picked by the Rockefeller Foundation to receive financial assistance in developing more-resilient infrastructure to resist catastrophic events.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper called for more public-private partnerships for water and transportation in his state-of-the-state address Jan. 9.

Howard Permut will retire as president of Metro-North Railroad, New York's MTA announced, and be replaced by Joseph Giulietti.

A bill abolishing the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority and replacing it with a regional the toll-road agency cleared a Florida Senate Committee.

Maryland has selected four international construction consortiums to submit proposals to build, maintain and operate the proposed $2.2 billion Purple Line light-rail system that would connect Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced several expensive infrastructure projects that may involve bonding in his annual state of the state address.

Metro-North would add four stations in the Bronx and provide direct access to Penn Station under a plan Gov. Andrew Cuomo endorsed in his State of the State speech.

Central Florida's Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority selected state Rep. Steve Precourt, R-Orlando, to be the agency's new director.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx lent his support to Texas' high-speed-rail plans at the annual Texas Transportation Forum.

Lawmakers next Tuesday will begin considering reauthorizing the federal surface transportation funding program at a hearing held by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Texas Department of Transportation chief financial officer James Bass will become interim executive director with the departure of Phil Wilson.

Grand Junction Regional Airport Authority chairman Denny Granum resigned from the board amid an FBI investigation of fraud.

U.S. port infrastructure projects may get some breathing room as another delay looms for Panama Canal expansion.

Louisville, Ky., holds public workshops Jan. 13-17 for its strategic multi-model transportation planning effort known as "Move Louisville."

More public transit options do not reduce highway congestion and fewer options do not make it worse, according to an analysis by Reason Foundation.