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A $10 million investment in public transportation results in a $30 million gain in sales for local businesses (3 times the public sector investment in transit capital).
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2006 Elections: News and Information
2006 featured transportation ballot measure elections from
coast-to-coast. CFTE provides a clearinghouse of news reports on
past and future measures and other important transportation stories in
the media. CFTE also tracks the progress of ballot measures from
the early stages of local consideration to final election results.
Check back often for regular news and election updates.
News
Stories
CALIFORNIA |
| San Rafael, CA "Rail
Backers Address Criticism, SMART May Return to Ballot in '08" Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Nov 16, 2006 |
| Sacramento, CA "Lawmakers
Send Record Bond Deal to Voters," Sacramento Bee, May 5,
2006 |
| Novato, CA "Business
Group Endorses Sonoma-Marin Rail Plan," North Bay Business
Journal, Mar 13, 2006 |
| Santa Barbara, CA "New
Plan Boosts Transit, Safe Routes," Lompoc Record, Feb. 16,
2006 |
| Napa Co., CA "Transportation
Tax Battle Begins," Napa Valley Register, Feb. 13, 2006 |
| Orange County, CA "Officials
Tout Benefits of Measure M," Orange County Register, January
3, 2006 |
| Napa County, CA "Supervisors
Approve Tax Plan for Ballot," Napa Valley Register, December
21, 2005 |
| Napa Valley, CA "Transit
Tax Would Help Seniors Stay on the Move," Napa Valley Register,
December 6, 2005 |
| Sacramento, CA "Governor
Pushes 'Really Big' Bond to Remodel State," San Diego Union
Tribune, December 5, 2005 |
| Stockton, CA "Public
Support Raises Transit Share of Ballot Measure," Central
Valley Record, November 28, 2005 |
FLORIDA |
| South Florida "Funding
Could Derail Transit Ideas" South Florida Business Journal,
Nov 24, 2006 |
| Tallahassee, FL"
Bush says no to rental car tax increase," St. Petersburg
Times, June 28, 2006 |
GEORGIA
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| Atlanta, GA "States
Struggle to Pay for Roads" USA Today, Nov 20, 2006 |
HAWAII |
| Honolulu, HI "Transit
Tax Impasse Ends," Star Bulletin, June 22, 2006 |
ILLINOIS |
| Chicago, IL "Governor
Maps $3 Billion Bond Plan," Chicago Business Journal, January
3, 2006 |
MICHIGAN
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| Detroit, MI "SMART
Transit Posts Ridership Rise," The Oakland Press, Feb. 7,
2006 |
NEW MEXICO
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| Albuquerque, NM "Streetcar
Backers to Seek Voter Approval" Albuquerque Tribune,
November 21, 2006 |
OHIO
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| Franklin Co., OH "COTA
Looks to Future with Sales Tax Approval" This Week, Nov
30, 2006 |
| Canton, OH "Transit
Agency Wants Voters to Renew Sales Tax," Canton Rep, Feb.
10, 2006 |
| Canton, OH "Buses
Get a Pass to 2012," Canton Repository, May 3, 2006 |
| Toledo, OH "TARTA
Recommends Try for Levy in the Fall," Toledo Blade, May
3, 2006 |
PENNSYLVANIA |
| Harrisburg, PA Panel
Wants Gas Tax Hike for Roads, Transit Pittsburgh Post
Gazette, Nov 13, 2006 |
TEXAS |
| Dallas, TX "Grapevine
Residents to Vote on Sales Tax," Dallas Morning News, Aug
16, 2006 |
| Dallas, TX "Voters
May Decide Regional Transit Plan," Dallas Morning News,
Feb. 13, 2006 |
UTAH
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| Salt Lake City, UT "Most
Favor Transit Over Roads" Deseret News, Nov 18, 2006 |
| Salt Lake City, UT "Utahns
Favor Tax for TRAX," Deseret News, April 6, 2006 |
| Salt Lake City, UT "Survey
Shows Utah Favors Commuter Rail, Willing to Pay," Deseret
Morning News, November 27, 2005 |
WASHINGTON
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| Seattle, WA "State
Supreme Court Rules on Transit Tax Collection," Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, December 7, 2006 |
| Bremerton, WA "Vote
on Tax Increase for Ferries Set" Kitsap Sun, December
6, 2006 |
| Seattle, WA "Metro
Bus Expansion on Nov Ballot," Seattle Times, Sept. 6, 2006 |
| Seattle, WA "Nichols
Proposes $1.8 Bil in Transportation Taxes," Seattle Times,
May 22, 2006 |
| Seattle, WA "Transportation
Tax Sought," Seattle Times, March 7, 2006 |
NATIONAL
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| Washington, DC "The
Big Thaw in Infrastructure Investment," Governing Magazine,
March 2006 |
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