STATE |
CITY |
SUBJECT |
DATE/COMMENT |
AK |
Anchorage |
Proposition 6: The municipality of Anchorage will ask the
voters to borrow $1 million through the issuance of general
obligation bonds and increase the municipal tax cap by an annual
amount not to exceed $2,000. Funds will go to public transportation
improvements. |
ON BALLOT 4/1/03
Defeated 52% to 48% |
AZ |
Tucson |
Two proposals will appear side by side on the November ballot.
Citizens for a Sensible Transportation Solution gathered enough
signatures to force an election on half the plan, which calls
for a 13-mile light-rail line, expansion of bus lines and money
for neighborhood street repairs. Forty percent dedicated to
improving Sun Tran and Van Tran services and creating a 47-mile
"rapid bus" service, and 22 percent to design, build and operate
a 13-mile light rail "starter" line. |
ON BALLOT 11/4/03
Defeated 64% to 36%
|
AZ |
Tucson |
The other ballot measure is the funding mechanism. A 0.3-percentage-point
increase in sales tax and a 3-percentage-point increase in sales
tax on construction. Revenue from these increases would be expected
to raise $1 billion over 20 years. |
ON BALLOT 11/4/03
Defeated 63% to 37% |
CA |
San Francisco |
A proposal to continue the current ½% sales tax, and
replace the current transportation spending plan with a new
30-year plan. The new plan would provide funding for maintenance
of local streets, transportation for the elderly and disabled,
construction of a Central Subway, bus system upgrades, a Caltrain
extension to a new Transbay Terminal, projects to improve pedestrian
and bicycle safety, support for regional transportation systems
(BART, Caltrain, and ferries), and replacing the roadway to
Golden Gate Bridge. The proposal would allow the San Francisco
Transportation Authority to spend up to $485.175 million per
year and issue up to $1.88 billion in bonds, to be repaid from
sales tax revenue. |
ON BALLOT 11/4/03
Approved 74.9% to 25.1% |
CO |
Lone Tree |
The citizens of Lone Tree, a suburb of Denver,
will decide whether to be annexed into the Regional Transportation
District and to pay a .06% sales tax to pay for bus service |
ON BALLOT 11/4/03
Approved |
ME |
Statewide |
Bond issue would raise nearly $63.5 million for improvements
to highways, bridges, rail corridors and other transportation
facilities. Passage of this bond initiative would make the state
eligible for $217 million in matching federal funds. |
ON BALLOT 11/4/03
Approved 66% to 34% (pending final count) |
MI |
Grand Rapids |
Voters will decide whether to impose a property tax levy that
would raise nearly $9 million for expanded bus service. The
tax rate would be based on a .95 mill per dollar of value on
area properties |
ON BALLOT 11/4/03
Approved 2-1 margin |
MO |
Kansas City |
Proposed 3/8-cent increase to the city's current ½-cent transportation
sales tax. If approved, the increase would last five years and
generate about $22 million annually. More than a third of the
bus routes in Kansas City will be eliminated unless voters approve
the tax. Nearly half of the remaining bus routes in Kansas City
would face sharp cuts in trips beginning next year. As many
as 150 people could lose their jobs. The Area Transportation
Authority faces a $12 million shortfall in 2004 - 21 percent
of its budget - mainly because of declining tax revenue in Kansas
City. The plan would add 12 new bus routes and increase trips
or add larger buses to 13 existing routes. |
ON BALLOT 11/4/03
Approved (pending final count)
69% to 30% |
MO |
Kansas City |
Transit activist Clay Chastain has a competing measure on
the ballot for a ½-cent transportation sales tax increase for
12 years to build a system involving light rail, electric buses,
street cars, bike lanes, express buses and a transit hub at
Union Station. Not approved by ATA. |
ON BALLOT 11/4/03
Defeated (pending final count)
37% to 62% |
MO |
Clay County |
A proposal to allow Clay County to levy a property tax at
the rate of 5 cents per each one hundred dollars assessed to
provide transportation services to persons sixty years of age
or older. |
ON BALLOT 11/4/03
Approved 57% to 43% |
NJ |
Edgewater |
Voters will be asked, "Should the Borough of Edgewater act
to establish ferry service without parking facilities from the
Grand Cove marina and/or other sites in the Municipality of
Edgewater to New York City?" The ballot question would be non-binding.
|
ON BALLOT 11/4/03
Approved: 55% to 45% |
OH |
Marblehead |
Voters will decide the fate of a ferry departure tax at the
polls. Passengers age 12 and older would pay 50 cents per trip,
while younger children would pay 25 cents per trip. If approved
by voters, departure tax revenues will be earmarked for Marblehead
EMS, police, streets, sidewalks, storm drain culverts and other
services and improvements. |
ON BALLOT 11/4/03
Approved: 67% to 33% |
TX |
Volente |
The Village Council will ask voters whether Volente should
stay within the Capital Metro's service area. Volente officials
have developed renewed warmth for Capital Metro after learning
that the money the village gets from the transit agency could
be three times the money it gives in sales taxes. The council
for the 2-square-mile hamlet on Lake Travis, which incorporated
in February, voted in July to hold the referendum. |
ON BALLOT 11/4/03
Approved: 85% to 15% |
TX |
Houston |
Referendum for the Houston-Harris County Metropolitan Transit
Authority. Includes $640 million of revenue bonds. The MTA board
of directors voted Sept. 22 to change ballot language for the
referendum item, that includes the issuance of as much as $640
million of revenue bonds. Although Texas law requires ballot
language to be finalized 45 days prior to an election, officials
from Metro were able to vote 9/22 instead of 9/20, which was
the actual 45-day deadline, because when such deadlines fall
on the weekend they can be extended until the next business
day. Metro had originally written ballot language that did not
include detailed information about the 22 miles of rail line
the city hopes to construct with a combination of bond proceeds
and federal funds. According to FTA, because the ballot did
not identify specific rail segments at issue, section 163 of
the pending House Transportation Appropriations bill would prohibit
FTA funding of the design, construction, or maintenance of any
segments pursued under the authority of that vote. Language
sponsored by Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) would prohibit funding
"any segment of a light-rail system in Houston that has not
been specifically approved by a majority of the participating
voters." |
ON BALLOT 11/4/03
Approved 52% to 48% |
UT |
Summit County |
A ¼% sales tax increase to fund an expanded and free
bus system in the Snyderville Basin from Kimball Junction to
Park City’s Main Street and nearby ski resorts. Summit
County Commissioners will also have to ask voters to approve
a taxing district to collect the tax revenues. |
ON BALLOT 11/4/03
Approved 70% to 30% |
WA |
Kitsap County |
Legislation passed in Spring 2003 (HB 1853) paved the way
for Kitsap Transit to ask voters this fall to raise their sales
tax to pay for passenger-only ferries (POF). Proposition 1 would
fund foot ferries from Kingston and Southworth to Seattle. Second-phase
routes funded by Prop. 1 could connect Poulsbo to Seattle, and
Bremerton to Bainbridge Island. |
ON BALLOT 11/4/03
Defeated 64% to 35% |
WY |
Cheyenne and Laramie Counties |
Residents will vote on about $59 million worth of projects,
including $4.41 million for public safety, $11 million for public
transportation (Norris viaduct), $4.5 million for the Greenway,
$3.05 million for quality of life, $8 million for public health
and welfare and $26.9 million for a new Laramie County Central
Library. (See Wyoming Tribune-Eagle). |
ON BALLOT 11/4/03
Various Approved
Greenway extend: 61% to 39%
Parks Improve:
63% to 37%
Norris Viaduct/Bridge
68% to 31%
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