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	In the past two decades, government spending on transportation has increased threefold. The state and local share of government spending has increased by 15% in that same period. In 1999, State and local governments covered 85% of transit spending, compared to 75% of highway spending. >> View & Search Factoids!

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State-By-State Searchable Database

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North Dakota
Capital: Bismarck
Population: 634,448
Major Metropolitan Areas: Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks
Federal Transportation Spending: $244,424,000 (U.S. Census Bureau 2002)

General Ballot Measure Information

State Ballot Process
North Dakota has offered both the initiative and referendum procedures since 1914. Signed initiative petitions are due at least 90 days before the statewide election at which the measure is to be voted upon.

State Election Site: http://www.state.nd.us/sec/Elections/Elections.htm

County & City Information
Contact your county elections office for more information: http://www.state.nd.us/sec/countyauditors.htm

Ballot measure information
http://www.iandrinstitute.org/North%20Dakota.htm

Additional ballot measure information
http://www.ballot.org/states/nd.html

Specific Ballot Measure Information

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2002	Bismarck	City Measure No. 1and City Measure No. 2.	11/5/2002
Description
No. 1 = Streets and facilities rehabilitation up to $5.4 million, with $400,000 for buses and infrastructure. No. 2 = One-mill levy for operation of bus system, including the $400,000 for buses and infrastructure.

Outreach/Contact Information

Advocacy Groups

Dakota Transit Association http://www.grandforksgov.com/bus/dta.htm

Rail Passenger Group

No rail passenger association

State DOT

http://www.state.nd.us/dot/

Transit Agencies & MPOs

Fargo MAT http://www.matbus.com/
Grand Forks City Bus http://www.grandforksgov.com/bus/

Media Information

Newspaper(s)
Fargo Forum http://www.in-forum.com/ Bismarck Tribune http://www.bismarcktribune.com/ Grand Forks Herald http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/ Minot Daily News http://www.minotdailynews.com/default.html Dickinson Press http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/
Radio	Television
KCCD//KNOW-91.1 NPR - Moorhead http://access.mpr.org/stations/kccmkccd/ KDSU NPR - Fargo http://www.prairiepublic.org/radio/ KQLX - Lisborn http://www.kqlx.com/	KXJB CBS - Valley City http://www.cbs4you.com/ WDAY ABC - Fargo http://new.in-forum.com/wday/ KVLY NBC - Fargo http://www.kvlytv11.com/

Other Resources

STPP State Page: http://www.transact.org/states/default.asp?state=northdakota

APTA State Page (Info. on transit agencies): http://www.apta.com/links/state_local/nd.cfm