Transportation

Alleging "loopholes" in a proposed ballot question, researchers at the University of California-Berkeley estimated Wednesday that drivers for Uber and Lyft would be guaranteed less than 40 percent of the Massachusetts minimum wage if the proposal becomes law.

Attorney General Maura Healey is suing American Airlines and JetBlue, joining the federal government and five other states in a complaint that alleges the airlines are harming travelers by consolidating operations in Boston and New York City.

Grafton & Upton Railroad Co., a rail company in Hopedale which has met controversy with a local developer, received a $500,000 grant from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s Industrial Rail Access Program, according to a MassDOT announcement on Friday.

As candidates for governor and mayor of Boston tout plans for fare-free public transit before the end of the decade, a new report suggests the MBTA could be facing a "fiscal calamity" in a just a few years, needing $1.25 billion in new annual revenue just to meet operating and capital needs.

American Airlines will resume service in Worcester with a new daily, nonstop flight to Philadelphia International Airport in November, the Massachusetts Port Authority announced in conjunction with the airline on Saturday. 

Delta Air Lines will begin providing daily, nonstop service between the Worcester Regional Airport and LaGuardia Airport in New York City starting in November, the airline announced in conjunction with the Massachusetts Port Authority on Wednesday.

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).