STATE |
CITY |
SUBJECT |
DATE/COMMENT |
AK |
Anchorage |
Proposition 11 asks voters whether Anchorage should issue
up to $1.57 million in general obligation bonds to pay for public
transportation improvements. |
ON BALLOT 04/06/04
DEFEATED 52% TO 48% |
AZ |
Phoenix |
Maricopa County officials have a scheduled a 1/2 cent sales
tax extension and a $16 billion regional transportation plan
on the May ballot. Phoenix's light rail system would also be
funded with these two initiatives. The state legislature has
pushed this vote back to November.
Maricopa 2020 website: www.maricopa2020.com |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 57% TO 43%
|
AR |
Jonesboro |
The North East Arkansas Transit Authority board unanimously
approved a motion to request that the Craighead County Quorum
Court place a referendum on November's general election ballot
to create and support through funding a Jonesboro-Craighead
County transit system for a 3-year trial period. |
DELAYED UNTIL 2005 |
CA |
Bay Area |
Under SB 916 of 2003, residents of seven Bay Area counties
would vote in March 2004 to raise bridge tolls by $1 to spend
an estimated $125 million a year for transit, planning and roads.
The Bay Area's priorities include a $50 million fourth hole
in the Caldecott Tunnel, $36 million to expand ferry service
and $50 million for a new five-lane span for the Benicia-Martinez
bridge. Funds would also strengthen Bay Area Rapid Transit underground
tunnels, renovate the TransBay Terminal in San Francisco and
study Bay Area access to a proposed high-speed rail system in
California. The measure needs majority approval of voters in
seven counties with state-owned toll bridges to pass. That includes
Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa
Clara and Solano counties.
Yes on Measure 2 website: www.measure2.org |
ON BALLOT 3/2/2004
APPROVED 56% TO 44%
How Bay Area voted on Measure 2
County:
YES
NO
Alameda
54% to 46%
Contra Costa
51% to 49%
Marin
64% to 36%
San Francisco
69% to 31%
San Mateo
55% to 45%
Santa Clara
59% to 41%
Solano
41% to 59%
|
CA |
Bay Area |
Voters in San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa counties
will vote in November on a $980 million bond issue to pay for
earthquake safety modifications to BART. The same measure lost
by 2.2 percentage points in 2002. |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 70% TO 30%
|
CA |
Statewide |
Initiative No. SB 1856 would authorize $10 billion in bonds
for a high-speed rail system between L.A. and San Francisco.
It would also tackle other public transportation needs. The
bipartisan measure passed in the legislature and was referred
to the voters for approval. |
DELAYED UNTIL 11/06 |
CA |
East Bay Area |
On August 4, the AC Transit Board of Directors voted to place
Measure BB on the November 2, 2004 ballot. Should voters approve
Measure BB by a two-thirds margin, AC Transit will use funds
for the operation and maintenance of its service. Measure BB
increases an existing parcel tax by $2 per month and extends
the tax for 10 years, until 2015. The existing independent citizens
oversight committee will ensure that all Measure BB funds are
spent only in cities and counties identified below and for the
purposes approved by voters. |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 72% TO 28%
|
CA |
Contra Costa County |
Contra Costa County Transportation Authority is pushing
for a renewal of Measure J, the countywide half-cent sales
tax, set to expire in 2009. The measure has funded highway
and transit projects since 1989. The new Measure C would raise
$1.6 billion in transportation funding through 2029 and update
the "Growth Management Program" initiated by the
first Measure C.
CCTA
Measure C website |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 70% TO 29%
|
CA |
Sacramento County |
Sacramento County Transportation Authority officials have
proposed extending Measure A, the existing half-cent transportation
sales tax, which is set to expire in 2009. If approved, the
extension would raise $4.7 billion for road and transit improvements |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 75% TO 25%
|
CA |
San Mateo County |
The San Mateo County Transportation Authority has adopted
an expenditure plan for the reauthorization of Measure A,
a half-cent transportation sales tax, which will net approximately
$1.5 billion over 25 years. Transit projects will receive
30%.
A local group, Citizens for Better Transit, has opposed the
expenditure plan considered adding a competing ballot initiative.
|
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 75% TO 25% |
CA |
Solano County |
The Solano County Transportation Improvement Authority is
advancing its plans for a separate, countywide tax that would
raise an estimated $1.43 billion during the next 30 years. A
daunting, two-thirds approval, however, would be required to
pass the tax measure. www.solanotraffic.org |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
DEFEATED 64% TO 36%
|
CA |
Sonoma County |
This November, Sonoma County voters will be asked to approve
a sales tax hike that could raise $470 million over 20 years
to relieve the traffic congestion on Highway 101 and local streets.
The spending plan for Measure M, the Traffic Relief Act for
Sonoma County, also funds bike and pedestrian projects and continues
work on a North Bay passenger rail line. |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 67.2% TO 32.8% |
CA |
Sonoma and Marin Counties |
The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit board is considering adding
a quarter-cent sales tax on the November ballot to fund commuter
rail |
DELAYED UNTIL 2006 |
CA |
Santa Cruz County |
The widening of Highway 1 and the construction of a 31-mile
rail trail along the old Union-Pacific Rail line are now linked
together on a November transportation ballot initiative. Residents
of Santa Cruz County will be asked to pay a half-cent sales
tax to raise $530 million for the new projects as well as a
passenger train station in Pajaro and a tourist trolley to run
between Aptos and Capitola. |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
DEFEATED 43% TO 57%
|
CA |
San Bernadino County |
A plan to spend $6 billion in local transportation money over
the next 30 years was approved by the county's transportation
agency, SANBAG, paving the way for a November ballot. According
to the plan, nearly $362 million would be allocated for a MetroLink
extension to Redlands and a Gold Line extension to Montclair.
Other improvements include $180 million for bus and rapid transit.
Measure
I Central |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 79% TO 21%
|
CA |
Marin County |
The Marin Transportation Authority has called for a Marin-specific
half-cent sales tax increase that would generate an estimated
$331 million over 20 years. Funds would be dedicated to maintaining
and improving bus service, including special services for seniors
and disabled persons; fully funding and completing Highway 101
carpool lanes through the heart of the county; maintaining and
improving roads, bikeways, sidewalks, and pathways; and reducing
school-related congestion and providing safe access to school.
Marin
County Sales Tax Expenditure Plan website |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 71% TO 29%
|
CA |
Ventura County |
Ventura County supervisors voted 4 to 1 to place a 1/2 cent
sales tax increase measure on the November ballot to pay for
road and transit improvements. Ventura County is the largest
county in the state without its own transportation tax. 1/2
Cent Sales Tax Information |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
DEFEATED 40% TO 60%
|
CA |
San Diego |
San Diego's regional planning agency, SANDAG, has produced
a $14 billion draft Expenditure plan for the TransNet program,
a half-cent sales tax extension that funds transit and highway
projects throughout the region, set to expire in 2008. The extension
would provide funding through 2028.
TransNet
website |
ON BALLOT 11/2/04
APPROVED 67% TO 33% |
CO |
Denver |
The Regional Transportation District is moving forward
with their $4.7 billion FasTracks transit expansion plan which
calls for construction of new light-rail or commuter-rail
lines from central Denver to Lakewood/Golden, Arvada, Boulder/
Longmont, north Adams County and Denver International Airport,
as well as along I-225 in Aurora.
Fastracks Yes website: www.fastracks.org |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 57%
TO 43% |
CO |
Garfield County |
Garfield County commissioners agreed to put a question on
the November ballot asking voters outside [Aspen] city limits
to decide if Garfield County should join the Roaring Fork Transit
Authority. |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
DEFEATED |
CO |
El Paso County |
County commissioners have proposed and approved a plan to
form The Rural Transportation Authority which would serve Colorado
Springs, Manitou Springs, Green Mountain Falls and unincorporated
El Paso County if approved by voters. It would be funded with
a 1-cent sales tax increase, with 55 cents of the tax expiring
after 10 years. Fifty-five percent of the funding is set to
go for road construction, 35 percent toward maintenance and
10 percent to transit. Roadway and maintenance money will be
apportioned to the cities and county based on population. |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 55%
TO 45% |
CO |
Aspen |
Facing a 50% service cut, and for the second
time in four years, the Roaring Fork Transit Authority plans
to approach voters to bail it out of a financial jam. RFTA’s
board of directors voted 6-1 to seek a sales tax increase
from the towns and counties throughout the Roaring Fork Valley,
the size of the increase yet to be determined, although the
total amount collected cannot exceed one cent in any jurisdiction.
|
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 77% TO 22% |
FL |
Statewide |
A repeal provision to develop and operate a high-speed ground
transportation system in the state. |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 64% TO 36%
NO HSR IN FLORIDA!!!! |
FL |
Miami Beach |
Miami Beach voters will be able to weigh in on a nonbinding
question to determine whether BayLink, the light-rail trolley
system that would move people around South Beach and connect
to downtown Miami, should be built. |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED |
FL |
Broward County |
To improve Broward's mass transit options, the county hopes
to develop a program with the Metropolitan Planning Organization
that would pay for transit partly through an expanded impact
fee. |
MONITOR PROGRESS |
KY |
Lexington |
LexTran's new general manager, Terry Garcia Cruz, wants to
put a 6 mill property tax on the November ballot, which would
be the agency's first dedicated funding source, and would allow
for necessary service expansions. |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 54%
TO 46% |
IN |
Indianapolis |
A 1% food and beverage tax to fund transit projects has been
proposed by IndyGo. Monitor development. |
DELAYED UNTIL 2005 |
MI |
Van Buren County |
The Van Buren Public Transit system, at risk of complete service
elimination, has operated without a dedicated funding source.
The county board has recommended a county levy of up to a quarter-mill
for the November 2 election. If passed, the levy would raise
an estimated $513,853 per year |
DELAYED UNTIL 2005 |
MI |
Port Huron |
Residents in Fort Gratiot, Port Huron and Port Huron Township
will vote on renewing a four-year property tax that funds bus
services run by Blue Water Area Transit. |
ON BALLOT 5/4/04
APPROVED 69% TO 31% |
MI |
Saginaw |
The City of Saginaw has approved the proposed ballot language
for the renewal of 3 mills for the Saginaw Transit Authority
Regional Services (STARS) |
ON BALLOT 3/2/04
DEFEATED BY 200 VOTES
|
MI |
Flint |
The MTA (Flint) is proposing a new tax, 0.3 mills would pay
to support existing services, and 0.1 mills would finance additional
service, including additional vehicles on the road and expansion
of night hours on fixed routes. The tax would raise $3.8 million
in new money. |
ON BALLOT 8/3/04
APPROVED 54% TO 46%
|
MI |
Lansing |
The Capital Area Transportation Authority is calling for a
.0322 millage increase, a total of 2.22 mills on property for
five years. If approved, the millage would bring approximately
$12.1 million annually. |
ON BALLOT 8/3/04
APPROVED 60% TO 40%
|
MI |
Ludington and Scotville |
The Ludington Mass Transit Millage renewal request is for
0.75 mills for Ludington residents and 1.3 mills for Scottville
residents. The renewal is for 5 years.
The November ballot will include a two-county transportation
proposal for all residents of Mason and Oceana counties. All
residents would pay 0.6 mills for the service. If that proposal
passes in November, it will over-ride this Primary ballot
request. |
ON BALLOT 8/3/04
APPROVED 71% TO 29% |
MI |
Marquette County |
The Marquette County Transit Authority is calling for an additional
.2 mill on an existing .4 mill (total .6 mill) ad valorem property
tax. If approved, the tax would yield approximately $836,000
annually. |
ON BALLOT 8/3/04
APPROVED 65% TO 35%
|
MI |
Lake County |
To provide funding for the Yates Dial-A-Ride program that
serves all of Lake County, the proposal calls for a .4 mill
over 5 years, and would raise $165,000 annually |
ON BALLOT 8/3/04
APPROVED 56% TO 44%
|
MI |
Midland County |
This millage renewal calls for .15 mill over a period of 5
years for the provision of county-wide public transportation
services, and is expected to raise approximately $512,443 annually. |
ON BALLOT 8/3/04
APPROVED 70% TO 30%
|
MI |
Shiawassee County |
The Shiawassee Area Transportation Agency is calling for a
first-time millage in the amount of .225 mills over a 2 year
period. If approved, the millage would generate approximately
$56,000 a year. |
ON BALLOT 8/3/04
APPROVED 62% TO 38%
|
MI |
Charlevoix County |
This proposal will permit the County of Charlevoix to restore
the .25 mill, previously approved by the electors for the purpose
of providing funds for the operation of the County Transit System.
The millage is for a period of 4 years and would raise $396,755
annually. |
ON BALLOT 8/3/04
APPROVED 65% TO 35%
|
MI |
Gogebic County |
This millage renewal proposal would fund Gogebic County Transit
for 4 years at a rate of .33 mills. If approved, it would raise
approximately $122,010 annually. |
ON BALLOT 8/3/04
APPROVED 77% TO 23%
|
MI |
Tuscola County |
This millage renewal proposal would fund public bus transportation
services in Almer Township and Indianfields Township for 4 years.
At a rate of 1 mill, the approved proposal would raise approximately
$190,000 for both townships. |
ON BALLOT 8/3/04
APPROVED 61% TO 39%
|
MI |
Manistee County |
This proposal would fund Dial-A-Ride services in Manistee
County for 6 years with a .33 millage. Estimated annual revenue,
if approved, would be $276,794. |
ON BALLOT 8/3/04
DEFEATED 45% TO 55%
|
MI |
Kalamazoo |
City commissioners have approved placing a 1-mill property
tax renewal for Metro Transit on the Nov. 2 general election
ballot. If approved, the levy will raise a projected $1.56 million.
The owner of a home with a market value of $100,000 and taxable
value of $50,000 would pay $50 in property taxes. |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 67%
TO 32% |
MO |
Branson |
Voters in Branson will be able to decide in August whether
to extend a 1/2% retail sales tax that is set to expire in November
2005. The tax will fund roads and public transportation. |
ON BALLOT 8/04
APPROVED 81% TO 19% |
MT |
Flathead County |
County commissioners in October voted unanimously to put a
$1 million tax levy request on the June 2004 primary election
ballot. The tax would bring approximately $106,000 annually
for Eagle Transit, which when matched with federal dollars,
would total about $212,000 annually. |
ON BALLOT 6/8/04
APPROVED 62% TO 38% |
OH |
Hamilton |
In early December the Hamilton City Council voted to place
a 0.5-mill property tax on the March 2 ballot for continued
transit services. The levy would generate about $449,000 a year
for the city's general fund, but council members have said the
funds would be used solely for transit operations.
|
ON BALLOT 3/2/04
DEFEATED 69% TO 31% |
OR |
Bend |
Interim City Manager Ron Garzini has proposed establishing
an independent transit district funded in part with a new property
tax of roughly 29 cents per $1000 assessed value. The proposal
has gained approval from Deschutes County Commissioners and
will go to Bend voters. |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
DEFEATED 41% TO 53%
|
RI |
Statewide |
Transportation Bonds -- $66,520,000. Would allow the state
Department of Transportation to match federal money and provide
direct funding for improvements to highways, roads and bridges;
to repair transportation maintenance facilities; and to buy
buses for RIPTA. |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 66% TO 34% |
SC |
Charleston |
After the Supreme Court overruled the 2002 transit tax that
voters approved due to ballot language errors, the county wide
1/2¢ sales tax to fund transit, greenspace, and roads is
again on the ballot |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 59%
TO 41% |
TX |
Austin |
Capital Metro is asking voters in November to consider a commuter
rail starter line, utilizing an existing railroad track that
it owns. The proposal would call for diesel-powered trains to
run from Leander to downtown Austin, at a cost of less than
$100 million. |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 62%
TO 37% |
TX |
Balcones Heights |
Balcones Heights residents will cast ballots to decide whether
to stay with VIA Metropolitan Transit, and they will also decide
whether to create an economic development corporation with the
estimated $540,000 in sales tax funds that now go to VIA |
ON BALLOT 9/11/04
APPROVED 82% TO 18%
|
TX |
San Antonio |
VIA is proposing a sales tax measure for ¼ cent. Half
the funds raised will go to VIA Metropolitan Transit, a quarter
will go to the City for street, drainage, bicycle and pedestrian
facilities, and quarter will go to TxDOT for projects within
the San Antonio City Limits. |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 58%
TO 41% |
TX |
Richland Hills |
In December 2002, the City Council voted to hold a special
election to decide whether the city should remain with the
Fort Worth Transportation Authority, aka the “T.”
Keep
the "T" Website
|
ON BALLOT 2/7/04
APPROVED 67% TO 33% |
VA |
Arlington County |
Arlington County has a proposal to issue $18.5 million
in bonds to finance, together with other available funds,
the cost of construction , acquisition, and rehabilitation
of Metro facilities by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 81%
TO 19% |
VA |
Fairfax County |
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on June 21 agreed
to let residents vote Nov. 2 on more than $300 million worth
of bonds for transportation, human services, parks and libraries.
The board proposed issuing $165 million worth of bonds for transportation
projects. Two-thirds of those moneys – $110 million –
would go to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
for infrastructure renewal, improved system access and system
expansion.
|
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 76%
TO 24% |
WA |
Vancouver |
Voters will decide whether to double a 0.3 percent transit
sales tax to stave off deep cuts in Clark County's bus system.
C-Tran's board of directors voted unanimously to put a ballot
measure before voters that would increase frequency and duration
of bus service in Clark County and continue commuter routes
to Portland that would otherwise be cut. |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
DEFEATED 46% TO 54%
|
WA |
Spokane |
After voters turned down a 3mil tax to fund transit in 2002,
Spokane Transit Authority is facing a 45% service reduction.
Board members decided in February to place a 3mill tax on an
upcoming ballot May 18. |
ON BALLOT 5/18/04
APPROVED 69% TO 31% |
WA |
Everett |
City officials are discussing whether to ask voters to approve
a sales tax increase for financially strapped Everett Transit.
The agency cut service 14 percent last year, and the City Council
last week reviewed a public-transit plan that forecasts further
reductions in 2005. |
APPROVED 56% TO 44% |
WA |
Seattle |
I-83, to kill the Seattle Monorail project, just made it onto
the November ballot after a state Court of Appeals overturned
an earlier ruling. |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
DEFEATED 37% TO 63%
MONORAIL WILL BE BUILT!!!! |
WA |
King County |
The Metropolitan King County Council has placed two advisory
measures on the Nov. 2 ballot. One asks voters if they support
developing a package of congestion-relief and safety projects
and placing it on the ballot in November 2005. The other asks
how they'd like to pay for it.
|
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 67%
TO 32% |
WV |
Parkersburg |
The Mid-Ohio Valley Transit Authority is seeking a renewal
levy as it works to expand its routes. The agency is asking
for $1.595 million a year over five years, an increase from
the $1.25 million, two-year levy now in effect. |
ON BALLOT 11/02/04
APPROVED 65%
TO 35% |
