Transportation

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With electronic eyes set to take the place of toll plazas, Massachusetts transportation officials have proposed a tiered payment system that strongly favors those who obtain transponders from the state.

The Providence & Worcester Railroad Co. headquartered in Worcester is under an agreement to be bought by Genesee & Wyoming Inc., which operates connected lines throughout Connecticut and Massachusetts.

When Gov. Charlie Baker signs a highway and small bridge repair funding bill on Wednesday, the Republican governor plans to nix a proposed pilot program to test a system that would charge drivers based on how many miles they drive.

Gov. Charlie Baker on Friday afternoon signed into law what he described as the strongest regulatory framework in the country for app-based ride-for-hire services like Uber and Lyft.

Commuter rail riders can expect some weekend closures starting next spring as the MBTA embarks on a $459 million effort to bring the sprawling system into compliance with a federal safety mandate.

The MBTA faces an additional financial hurdle this year and layoffs have not been ruled out.

Sterling Manufacturing is a vertically integrated, injection molding solutions maker serving the healthcare, aviation, defense and commercial industries.

Worcester-based Primetals Technologies announced last week that it shipped a car part manufacturing machine to a Chinese steel producer, in the first modernization of that Asian facility's operations in nearly 20 years.

A late-night deal struck between House and Senate lawmakers to regulate app-based ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft would charge those companies a 20-cent per ride surcharge for infrastructure improvements.