Transportation

Bidding has opened for construction of the $39.3-million Union Station center platform project in Worcester, according to a public announcement from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

While funding questions still loom, rail service improvements in the Boston area figure prominently in a new $117 billion plan assembled by officials in eight states along the Northeast Corridor that holds the promise of generating $1.7 million jobs over 15 years.

The Legislature passed an infrastructure bill on Thursday that had been under negotiation for several weeks, padding the traditional $200 million in annual financing for local road and bridge repairs with $150 million spread across six grant programs to pay for bus lanes, electric vehicles and other municipal transportation projects.

Following several weeks of increases, Massachusetts prices are up 8 cents from a month ago ($2.94) and 89 cents from the same day last year ($2.13).

A trio of regional business organizations in Massachusetts threw their support behind gig economy giants in the growing debate over pay and benefits for the state's more than 200,000 app-based drivers.

The average gasoline price in Massachusetts has hit the $3 mark, according to a Tuesday press release from the travel association AAA Northeast.

The annual Chapter 90 local road and bridge funding bill appears bound for a conference committee after the Senate on Thursday approved a slightly larger appropriation than the House did when it passed its own version of the bill last week.

Trux, a Framingham dump truck logistics technology company, announced Tuesday it has passed five major milestones during a year of substantial growth.

Gasoline prices in Massachusetts increased three cents this week to an average of $2.98 per gallon of regular unleaded, according to a Monday report from the travel association AAA Northeast.

As pandemic-era restrictions ease across the country and mostly end in Massachusetts, Logan International Airport experienced its busiest passenger month since COVID-19 first struck the state b,ut remains well below pre-pandemic levels.