Transportation industry

Texas lawmakers will consider highway funding measures when the second special session of the year reconvenes July 9.

Kansas City, Mo., plans a roughly $200 million refunding that will allow the city to streamline the Kansas City International Airport's debt under a new master bond ordinance.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has released a draft report showing 10 candidate and 10 conceptual transportation projects that could move forward as public-private partnerships in the commonwealth.

The Grand Parkway Transportation Corp. is preparing to price $2.86 billion of toll revenue bonds to extend a planned 184-mile loop around the Houston metro area.

A $920 million capital improvements program going to Tulsa, Okla., voters in November focuses on street repairs.

The Puerto Rico government has approved new revenue for the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority.

A New York State appellate court has reversed a lower court and upheld the constitutionality of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's payroll mobility tax.

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood said farewell Thursday and gave praise to his department after serving there for over four years.

Virginia is continuing its push to be the leading public-private partnership state, opening a bustling travel corridor to private sector involvement a day after a major infrastructure firm announced it has moved its U.S. headquarters to the commonwealth.

New York's MTA, envisioning "significant revenue" for its capital program, plans to vacate its midtown Manhattan headquarters by the end of 2014.

Fearing sketchy revenue projections, Gov. Deval Patrick has threatened to veto a transportation spending bill that cleared the Massachusetts legislature.

The Senate voted a unanimous 100-0 Thursday to confirm Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx as the new U.S. Secretary of Transportation.

Public-private partnership, a financing model that has started to spread across the U.S., may face some challenges as Congress debates limits on the federal role in infrastructure, according to Simon Santiago, leader of Nossaman LLP's east coast infrastructure practice.

Operators of an Orange County, Calif. tollway continue to face battles in efforts to move forward on extension plans.

The Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority is on a fast-track to privatize the airport and surrounding land to help revitalize the struggling city of Gary and position the facility as Chicago's third regional airport.

Massachusetts legislative leaders compromised on a transportation bill that would generate $500 million through cigarette and gas tax hikes, and some turnpike toll restoration.

The Texas Legislature ran out of time to approve $900 million for transportation as a special session ended with a dramatic debate over abortion.

The American Road and Transportation Builders Alliance will focus on a potentially trend-setting challenge to a prominent Virginia public-private partnership at the group's annual conference July 24-26.

Former President Bill Clinton strongly urged Washington Tuesday to pass a national infrastructure bank bill and encouraged state and local governments to embrace more public-private partnerships.

Raleigh, N.C., on Monday selected transportation projects that will be funded in anticipation of voters approving a $75 million bond referendum in October.