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2007 Transit Ballot Measures
2007 Election Results
Press Release
Lessons Learned in 2007 by Alan Wulkan
For More Information visit the 2007 Election News Archive
2007 Transit Ballot Measures
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STATE |
CITY |
SUBJECT |
STATUS |
| 1 |
CA |
San Francisco |
The Board of Supervisors put a measure on the ballot that
supporters say would help fix Muni, the troubled but popular
system with almost 700,000 riders a day. A separate measure,
which qualified through the signature-gathering process,
would increase the city's parking. But voters can't have
it both ways. Even if both measures receive a majority of
the vote, only one can take effect.
Campaign Website: http://www.fixmuni.com/prop_a.html |
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| 2 |
CO |
Aspen |
Voter will decide if they should authorize two lanes of traffic
plus bus lanes between Buttermilk and the Maroon Creek roundabout |
May 8, 2007
Approved 63% to 37%
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| 3 |
CO |
Greeley |
Greeley, CO ballot question 2B asks residents to raise
the sales tax by .25 of a percent to pay for improvements
to the city's bus system. Members of the city's transit services
asked Greeley City Council to place the tax proposal on the
ballot because city staff is concerned that Greeley will
lose federal funding for bus operating costs when the U.S.
Census compiles the next census in 2010.
Campaign Website: http://www.goride.info/Home_Page.html |
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| 4 |
FL |
Winter Park City |
Winter Park city commissioners voted to put two questions
related to commuter rail on the March 13 ballot. The two questions
will ask voters whether they want a commuter-rail stop built
on city-owned property, and whether it should be built with
city funds. |
March 13, 2007
City Land for Rail Station
- Approved 52%
to 48%
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| 5 |
FL |
Winter Park City |
Winter Park city commissioners voted to put two questions
related to commuter rail on the March 13 ballot. The two questions
will ask voters whether they want a commuter-rail stop built
on city-owned property, and whether it should be built with
city funds. |
March 13, 2007
City Money for Rail Station - Approved 53%
to 47% |
| 6 |
MI |
Kalamazoo |
On Nov. 6, city of Kalamazoo voters will be asked to renew
Kalamazoo Metro Transit's millage for one more year in 2008.
First approved by voters in 1986, the Metro Transit millage
has been successfully renewed in three-year increments ever
since. This year's request is limited to one year, at the end
of which Kalamazoo Metro Transit will merge with the Kalamazoo
County Transportation Authority to create one countywide transportation
service. |
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| 7 |
MI |
Kent County |
The total ballot request is for 1.12 mills. This includes
a renewal of the current millage (0.95 mills) and a millage
enhancement (0.17 mills) that is needed to improve/expand
services and meet demands
Campaign Site: Friends
of Transit |
May 8,
2007 Approved |
| 8 |
MI |
Lansing |
CATA had asked property owners in Lansing, East Lansing
and the townships of Delhi, Lansing and Meridian to pay staggered
increases each year, amounting to 1 mill by 2010The extra money,
officials said, was needed to maintain existing service levels
without boosting rider fees |
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| 9 |
MI |
Saginaw |
3-mill three-year tax renewal for Saginaw Transit Authority
Regional Services |
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| 10 |
NC |
Charlotte |
On Nov. 6, the citizens of Mecklenburg County will have
the opportunity to weigh in on the future of mass transit,
a defining issue for our community's future. The Vote Against
Repeal Committee has been formed to oppose the repeal of
the existing half-cent sales tax for our public transportation
system.
Campaign website: http://voteagainstrepeal.com/index.html |
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| 11 |
OH |
Lorraine |
Voters in Lorraine county will be asked
to approve a 0.25 percent sales tax increase for transit
and other programs. |
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| 12 |
OH |
Toledo |
A levy asking voters' continued approval of a 1.5-mill
operating levy for the TARTA bus system could go on the ballot
in November.The finance committee of the Toledo Area Regional
Transit Authority board of trustees yesterday recommended
seeking a replacement 10-year levy. The existing 1.5-mill
levy was last approved in 1997.
Campaign Website: http://citizensfortarta.com/ |
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| 13 |
UT |
Box Elder County |
Voters in 3 Northern Utah counties will be asked to approve
a sales tax increase to support the development of transportation
infrastructure. The tax increase, if approved, would raise
as much as $12 million in Davis County during its first year
of authorization, $8.7 million in Weber County, and $800,000
in Box Elder County. The money would go to a mix of about 35
road and transit projects in Weber and Davis, and in Box Elder,
it would fund expansion of commuter rail.
Campaign Website: http://www.nutahtrans.com/mission.html |
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| 14 |
UT |
Davis County |
Voters in 3 Northern Utah counties will be asked to approve
a sales tax increase to support the development of transportation
infrastructure. The tax increase, if approved, would raise
as much as $12 million in Davis County during its first year
of authorization, $8.7 million in Weber County, and $800,000
in Box Elder County. The money would go to a mix of about
35 road and transit projects in Weber and Davis, and in Box
Elder, it would fund expansion of commuter rail.
Campaign Website: http://www.nutahtrans.com/mission.html |
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| 15 |
UT |
Weber County |
Voters in 3 Northern Utah counties will be asked to approve
a sales tax increase to support the development of transportation
infrastructure. The tax increase, if approved, would raise
as much as $12 million in Davis County during its first year
of authorization, $8.7 million in Weber County, and $800,000
in Box Elder County. The money would go to a mix of about 35
road and transit projects in Weber and Davis, and in Box Elder,
it would fund expansion of commuter rail.
Campaign Website: http://www.nutahtrans.com/mission.html |
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| 16 |
VA |
Fairfax County |
Fairfax County voters will be asked to decide on a transportation
bond question in the Nov. 6, 2007, general election. The question
asks voters to allow the county to borrow up to $110 million
to fund the cost of constructing, reconstructing, improving
and acquiring transportation improvements. If the majority
of voters approve the question, the county would be allowed
to issue bonds to fund transportation projects, including roadway,
pedestrian, bicycle and transit improvements. |
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| 17 |
WA |
Kitsap County |
Kitsap Transit’s Board of Commissioners
approved a ballot measure asking voters to approve a three-tenths
of 1-percent sales tax increase to fund passenger-only ferries
between Seattle and up to four Kitsap locations. |
Feb. 2007
Defeated |
| 18 |
WA |
King, Snohomish and Pierce |
Voters in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties will be
asked to approve Proposition 1, the ballot measure also known
as "Roads & Transit," calls for a boost in sales and
car-tab taxes to build 50 miles of new tracks to Lynnwood,
Overlake and Tacoma by 2027, along with 186 miles of road
lanes and partial funding for a new Highway 520 floating
bridge.
Campaign Website: http://yesonroadsandtransit.org/ |
Nov. 6, 2007
Defeated |
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