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2007 Elections: News and Information
2007 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
ALABAMA
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| Birmingham, AL "Downtown Birmingham streetcar line proposed for 2009" The Birmingham News, December 20, 2007 |
COLORADO
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| Denver, CO "Record
bond plan in works for voters" The Denver Post,
May 31, 2007 |
| Aspen, CO "Voters
endorse bus lanes" The Aspen Times, May 9, 2007 |
CONNECTICUT
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| Stamford, CT "New
Haven line adds stops, Stamford station to see $4 million
in repairs" The Stamford Times, April 4, 2007 |
GEORGIA
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| Atlanta, GA "Metro
Chamber ready to drive transportation tax referendum into
state Capitol" Atlanta Business Chronicle, February
6, 2007 |
IDAHO
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| Boise, ID "Coalition
for Regional Public Transportation" Idaho Business Review,
November 29, 2007 |
LOUISIANA
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| New Orleans, LA "New
Orleans' streetcars are back on track".
USA Today, November 12, 2007 |
MASSACHUSETTS
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| Raynham, MA "Raynham
selectmen put rail questions on April ballot" The
Enterprise, March 15, 2007 |
MICHIGAN
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| Kalamazoo, MI "City
voters support millage renewal" Kalamazoo Gazette, November
7, 2007 |
NORTH CAROLINA
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| Charlotte, NC "Tax
supporters, foes surprised by margin of victory" The Charlotte
Observer, November 7, 2007 |
| Charlotte, NC "Petition
sends sales tax back to ballot" News 17
Carolina, June 1, 2007 |
OHIO
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| Mahoning County, OH "WRTA sales tax to be on ballot in March" The Vindicator, December 19, 2007 |
| Akron, OH "Sales
tax increase for METRO RTA on March ballot" Leader Online, December 6, 2007 |
TEXAS
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| Grapevine, TX "Cities
want tax help for transit initiatives" The Dallas
Morning News, March 31, 2007 |
UTAH
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| Davis County, UT "Transit
tax fails in Davis, OK'd in Box Elder" Desert Morning News,
November 7, 2007 |
VIRGINIA
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| Richmond, VA "Va.
House, Senate Approve Roads Bill" The Washington
Post, February 25, 2007 |
WASHINGTON
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| Tacoma, WA "If
voters approve, Sound Transit says it can get light-rail
to the dome" The News Tribune, March 30, 2007 |
NATIONAL
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| Washington, DC "APTA receives $1.9 million grant for development of Public Transportation Standards" FTA News Releases, December 21, 2007 |
| Washington, DC "Public
transportation ridership continues to grow -- Nearly 50
million more trips taken in third quarter 2007" American
Public Transportation Association, December 4, 2007 |
| Washington, DC "Riders
Crowd Public Transit Systems" USA Today, March 12,
2007 |
| Washington, DC "Cities
afraid of death by congestion" USA Today, March
1, 2007 |
| Washington, DC "President’s
Budget Recommends $1.4 Billion for Major Transit Projects" Federal
Transit Administration, February 6, 2007 |
| Washington, DC "Cities
Rediscover Allure of Streetcars," USA Today, January
10, 2007 |
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