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Transportation
Campaigns and Elections:
 2010
Election Monitoring & Results
CFTE is monitoring communities around the country
considering ballot measures in 2010. Check out our regularly
updated list of possible transit campaigns.
November 2009 Elections:
Read Post-Election Press Release
- 2009 was a better than average year for transportation measures, with 73% approved at the ballot box
- It was also a fairly light year for elections, with many communities looking to 2010
Visit CFTE's Election Resources & Issues page to find helpful information for planning and executing a successful campaign.
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Lessons
Learned In 2007
Voters Decide to “Keep Mecklenburg Moving”
By Alan Wulkan, founder and a managing partner of InfraConsult, LLC
On November
6, 2007, 70% of the voters in Mecklenburg
County defeated an attempt to repeal the county's existing ½-cent
transit sales tax. At first glance, it might appear
this was an easy election to win since the tax had been in
place since 1998, transit ridership was at record levels,
and Charlotte was about to open the South Corridor Light
Rail Line, but nothing would be further from the truth.
Public Transportation
Use Substantially Reduces Greenhouse Gas
An independent scientific
study supported by the American Public Transportation
Association has identified transit use as a major component
of the nation’s climate change strategy. The study, Public
Transportation’s Contribution to U.S. Greenhouse Gas Reduction, shows that when
compared to other household actions that limit carbon dioxide
(CO2,),
taking public transportation can be more than ten times
greater in reducing this harmful greenhouse gas.
Recent News Stories:
St. Louis, MO "Voters will decide Metro fate" St. Louis Globe-Democrat, December 21, 2009
Denver, CO "Coalition to set conditions for backing new FasTracks tax" Denver Business Journal, December 16, 2009
Bartow, FL "Polk Voters to Be Asked to OK Tax to Support Bus System" The Ledger, December 16, 2009
St. Joseph County, CO "Transit tax heads to St. Joe voters" Kalamazoo Gazette, December 11, 2009
San Francisco, CA "Voters may be asked to approve new fees for Transportation" San Francisco Examiner, December 9, 2009
2009 News Archive
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