UNCOUNTED

Approved
57%-43%

LOSS

Failed
47%-52%

The Alameda County Congestion Management Agency board have decided to ask voters to approve a $10 vehicle fee on the November ballot. The fee increase is expected to raise $11 million a year, which would be divided:

• 60 percent—city and county roads
• 25 percent—congestion relief measures such as express buses, transit passes for students and workers, and park and ride lots or rail station improvements
• 10 percent—transportation technology improvements
• 5 percent—bicycle and pedestrian improvements

WIN

Approved
63%-37%

• 71%—city and county roads
• 21%—congestion relief measures such as express buses, transit passes for students and workers, and park and ride lots or rail station improvements
• 8 %—bicycle and pedestrian improvements

LOSS

Failed
46%-54%

• 40 % - Maintain Local Streets and Pathways
• 35 % - Improve Transit for Seniors and People with Disabilities
• 25% - Reduce Congestion and Pollution

WIN

Approved
60% -39%

Under the terms of the ballot proposition, San Francisco voters would have to pay $10 more every year to register their vehicles than they currently do. A simple majority vote is required for passage.
If approved, it is anticipated that the new tax on cards would bring in about $5 million more each year. The money from the tax would be dedicated to pay for street repair, pedestrian safety and transit reliability improvement projects. These costs are currently paid out of the city's general operating fund. The money would be spent as follows:

• 50% street repairs
• 25% transit reliability and mobility
• 25% pedestrian safety

WIN

Approved
51% - 48%

The ballot measure proposes a $10 vehicle fee increase for when county drivers register their cars with the California Department of Motor Vehicles. Revenue from the extra fee is expected to generate an estimated $6.7 million a year to cover a myriad of road-related improvement cost

• 50% - local streets & road maintenance

• 50% - county wide transportation programs (transit operations & safe routes to school)

WIN

Approved
53%-46%

The ballot proposition, if approved by voters, will add $10 to the fees associated with registering a vehicle in the county. A simple majority vote is required to enact the new tax.  This measure is projected to generate $14 million annually.

• 80%  - local road improvement and repair
• 15% -Regional Programs (ITS)
• 5% - Program administration

WIN

Approved
52%-48%

Measure W, if approved by voters, will add $10 to the fees associated with registering a vehicle in the county. A simple majority vote is required to enact the new tax. It is estimated that the new fee would raise about $5 million a year for the county

• 23% - pothole repair, complete streets, roadway technologies
• 12% - Safe Routes to Schools
• 60% transit
• 5% administration

LOSS

Failed
42%-58%

A ballot measure has been filed with the California Attorney General’s office for the November 2010 election. The measures seeks to close loopholes and prevent the state from borrowing, raiding or otherwise redirecting local government (local taxes, property taxes, redevelopment), transportation (HUTA and Prop. 42 funds) and public transit funds.

http://www.savelocalservices.com/

WIN

Approved
63%-29%

WIN

Approved
74%-26%

LOSS

Failed
47%-53%

Bay County voters were asked to approve a five-year, 0.75-mill renewal for operations of the Bay Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The renewal is expected to generate about $2.2 million a year. The rate has not increased since it was first approved by voters in 1981. The revenue is used to match state and federal grants, which all totaled fund Bay Metro's $7 million annual budget.

WIN

Approved
64%-36%

WIN

Approved
66%-34%

WIN

Approved
70%-30%

Voters were asked to approve a five-year millage renewal for Clare County Transit Corportation. The total request was for 0.3 mills, with 0.2953 mills being renewed and 0.0047 mills being restored. The tax was originally approved in the 1980s. It is estimated to generate $312,068.00 the first year. Clare County Transit has an annual operating budget of approximately $1.2 million. Funding comes from the local millage, fares and state and federal grants.

WIN

Approved
61%-39%

WIN

Approved
62%-38%

LOSS

Failed
45%-55%

LOSS

Failed
40%-60%

WIN

Approved
63%-37%

The proposal would combine and reauthorize two levies approved by voters in 2004 and 2006 for public transportation services elderly and disabled. The 0.48 mill would raise approximately $3.641 million a year.

WIN

Approved
67%-33%

WIN

Approved
63%-37%

WIN

Approved
67%-33%

This proposal asked voters to renew the 1 mill operating fund millage for the Ludington Mass Transportation Authority that was approved for 2 years in 2008. The millage would be levied for five years, from 2011-2015 in the city of Scottsville. In its first year it is expected to generate $23,460.

WIN

Approved
65%-35%

WIN

Approved
80%-20%

WIN

Approved
68%-32%

This proposal asked voters countywide to consider a 0.6 mill levy to support operations for the Cadillac/ Wexford Transit Authority. The levy would be renewed for four years. The CWTA had $2 million in total expenses in 2009. This operating millage is expected to generate $591,285.

WIN

Approved
61%-39%

WIN

Approved
72%-28%

St. Louis County Council has voted to place a half-cent sales tax on the ballot in April to provide more funding for Metro, the area's public transportation agency. It requires a simple majority vote for passage. The proposal is the second in recent years to provide more local funding for Metro. A similar half-cent sales tax voters didn't pass in November 2008.

WIN

Approved
56%-44%

WIN

Approved
53%-47%

LOSS

Failed
46%-54%

Win

Approved
73%-27%

WIN

Approved
63%-37%

UNCOUNTED

Approved
55%-45%

WIN

Approved
73%-27%

Fairfax County voters will be asked to vote on a $120 million transportation bond question. If approved, this money will be used to pay the county's required contribution to the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority's Capital Improvement Program. If not approved, the county will have to cut money from other programs and services in order pay its obligation to Metro.

Metro's six-year program will fund improvements to its system, including:

• Buying 400 new Metrorail cars and 500 Metrobuses
• Building new bus garages, including one in Fairfax County
• Maintaining or rehabilitating Metro's equipment, vehicles, tracks and facilities
• The program's highest priority is to improve safety, including fixing the track signal system; replacing the oldest railcars and buses; buying equipment to improve trackside worker protection; and adding new safety features to existing railcars and buses.

A sales tax increase has been placed on the April ballot for the Whatcom Transportation Authority. Under state law, the transit authority can ask voters for up to an additional three-tenths of 1 percent of local sales tax. The agency, which is running deficits and facing big service cuts and layoffs as sales tax revenues falter, currently collects six-tenths of 1 percent. Roughly 90 percent of WTA's income is from the tax, with fares providing most of the rest.

http://www.preserveourpublictransit.org/

Voters will be asked in November to raise the sales tax by 0.2 percent for transportation projects. The City Council has voted to create a citywide transportation benefit district. Then, acting as the district board, the council will consider asking voters for the sales tax increase that would be in effect for 10 years. The City Council still needs to vote one last time to create the district. It'll consider doing that on July 12.

http://www.cob.org/issues/transportation-district-ballot.aspx

WIN

Approved
55%-45%

Intercity Transit is considering asking voters on the August primary ballot for a sales tax increase of two-tenths of a cent on every dollar. The current transit sales tax is six-tenths of a cent. The deadline to place the measure on the ballot is May 25, but Intercity Transit's governing board is expected to decide whether to go to the ballot on May 5.

In 2002, voters approved increasing the sales tax to 0.6 percent from 0.3 percent. Intercity Transit used the money to restore some services cut in the wake of the passage of Initiative 695, which replaced the motor vehicle excise tax with $30 car tab fees.

WIN

Approved
63%-37%

February 9, 2010

WIN

Approved
76%-24%

More than 50 counties have agreed to place an advisory referendum on the November ballot, asking voters if the Wisconsin Constitution should be amended to prohibit any further transfers or lapses from the segregated transportation fund. Revenue in the segregated transportation fund comes from the state gas tax and vehicle registration fees. In recent years more than a billion dollars has been diverted from the transportation fund to shore up the general fund.

Actually amending the state constitution would require action by two successive state legislature sessions and voter approval of a binding statewide referendum.

An RTA sales tax increase measure will be on the November ballot in 42 different municipalities in Dane County. This measure will ask for a half-cent sales tax increase to further fund the Dane County Regional Transport Authority. This measure will not be given to a county wide vote since the RTA area does not cover the entire county.

An effort to place a countywide advisory measure on the ballot in Kenosha County failed, but several municipalities within that county have decided to place a measure on the local ballot.  The towns and villages of Bristol, Paddock Lake, Randall, Salem, Silver Lake, Twin Lake and Weatland will all ask voters if they would support a new tax to support transit.

Racine County Executive Bill McReynolds announced that he is asking the County Board to place on the September 14, 2010 primary ballot an advisory referendum question whether the state constitution should be amended to prevent state transportation funds from being used for non-transportation purposes. The State of Wisconsin has routinely used transportation funds for non-transportation purposes, adversely impacting Racine County and its residents.

September 14, 2010

WIN

Approved
74%-26%

WIN

Approved
70%-30%

LOSS

Failed
49.8%-50.2%

The Huntington City Council has unanimously voted to place a renewal of the Tri-State Transit Authority levy on the primary election ballots this May. The TTA levy is a five-year levy that will begin July 1, 2012 and is a renewal of the current levy.The approximate total amount of funds needed is $1,473,069 and the amount to be generated for the five fiscal years will be $7,365,345, according to the ordinance.

WIN

Approved
74%-26%

LOSS

Failed
57%-43%
*needed 60% to pass

WIN

Approved
76%-24%