Transportation industry

California faces a $117 billion highway repair backlog and the highest gas tax in the country. The question is whether the fuel-tax funded SB 1 is doing enough.

Fitch Ratings revised the Canaveral Port Authority and Port Everglades rating outlooks to stable from negative as cruise ship activity accelerates.

A new program would pump $5 billion of loans into the state's ports.

Options for the beleaguered transit authority include expanding its commuter rail base and cracking down on fare evasion.

State officials say they’re getting it right with their latest plan to fix a crumbling, swerving stretch of Boston highway.

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are at odds over how to split COVID relief money and the federal government won't step in.

New York's governor leaned on the Port Authority to pause the LaGuardia project amid wider debate about regional infrastructure.

States so far have taken the lead in mileage-based user fee programs, which would now be taken up on the federal level for the first time.

The Allegheny County Airport Authority sold $832.7 million of bonds to cover two-thirds of the construction costs in the latest example of the region's modernization.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's annual report reinfornced the transit authority's struggles that took hold during the pandemic.

Gavin Newsom lauded the $15 billion approved by lawmakers for climate change, but transportation was left out in the cold.

Concerns range from frayed infrastructure to better communication in the face of the deadly flash flooding that caught the city by surprise in storm Ida.

The former Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman pledged his "support, service, and assistance" to Gov. Hochul and her administration, but not in the ESDC role.

A pair of bond sales coming out of the Carolinas found homes with investors this week as demand for the paper was high.

ReThinkNYC, battling entrenched transit and real-estate interests in its call for a unified network, cites economic development gains and capital savings.

Fitch Ratings also maintained a negative outlook on BART.

State officials who support the high-speed project are tracking discussions around the “social infrastructure” package for anything rail-related they can tap.

That's not a bad idea despite the crumbling condition of a key stretch of the highway, says NYU Rudin Center Director Mitchell Moss.

The rating agency also affirmed the ratings on 18 large airports and major airline hub facilities across the United States.

The money is coming in through the federal American Rescue Plan and the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund.