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2011 Transportation Ballot Measures
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STATE |
CITY |
QUICK FACTS |
SUBJECT |
STATUS |
OUTCOME |
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AR |
Statewide |
Type: Bond |
A $575 million bond to support highway repairs. |
November 8, 2011 |
UNCOUNTED
Win
81%-19% |
| 1 |
CO |
Avon |
Type: Sales Tax & Lodging Tax |
A 0.35 percent sales tax increase for transit operations, maintenance, and capital costs including bus replacements and bus stop improvements. The measure would generate about $875,000 per year. |
November 1, 2011 |
LOSS
Failed
38%-62% |
| 2 |
CO |
Sterling |
Type: Sales Tax |
An extension of a 0.1 percent sales tax originally approved by voters in 2007 for the South Platte Valley Regional Transportaiton Authority, which operates as Prairie Express. This time without a sunset. It is expected to generate $175,000 annually. |
November 1, 2011 |
WIN
Passed
70%-30% |
| 3 |
MI |
City of Alpena |
Type: Property Tax |
A renewal of the current 0.65 mill levy for the Thunder Bay Transportation Authority's Dial-A-Ride service. The millage is expected to generate $161,000 in its first year. |
November 8, 2011 |
WIN
Passed
79%-21% |
| 4 |
MI |
Benzie County |
Type: Property Tax |
This measure asked voters to renew and restore a 0.5 mill tax for Benzie Bus for 5 years. Without approval, Benzie Bus service would have been forced to stop indefinitely. The measure is expected to raise about $541,000 in its first year. This is the first time voters were asked to renew the millage for the five-year old system. |
May 3, 2011 |
WIN
Passed
75%-25%
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| 5 |
MI |
City of Corunna |
Type: Property Tax |
A renewal of a 0.25 mill levy used to support the Shiawassee Area Transportation Agency. It is estimated that the millage would generate $14,000 in first year. |
November 8, 2011 |
WIN
Passed
73%-27% |
| 6 |
MI |
Crawford County |
Type: Property Tax |
A 0.7027 mill increase to the current transportation levy for five years in order to pay for the operating costs of the Crawford County Public Transportation System (Dial-A-Ride). |
August 2, 2011 |
WIN
Passed
78%-22% |
| 7 |
MI |
Escanaba |
Type: Property Tax |
A millage renewal request for the Delta Area Transit Authority (DATA). The five-year, 0.6 mill renewal will support operations. |
August 2, 2011 |
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| 8 |
MI |
Gladstone |
Type: Property Tax |
A millage renewal request for the Delta Area Transit Authority (DATA). The five-year, 0.6 mill renewal will support operations. |
August 2, 2011 |
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| 9 |
MI |
Grand Haven Township |
Type: Property Tax |
A 0.95 mill for streets and transit. The five-year millage is estimated to generate about $600,000 per year— $250,000 for Harbor Transit and $350,000 for road maintenance. |
May 3, 2011 |
WIN
Passed
59%-41% |
| 10 |
MI |
Grand Rapids / Kent County |
Type: Property Tax |
An increase to the current five-year 1.12 mill tax levy by 0.35 mills to a total of 1.47 mills for seven years. In 2009, voters failed to approve an increase. |
May 3, 2011 |
WIN
Passed
50.2%-49.8% |
| 11 |
MI |
Grand Traverse County |
Type: Property Tax |
A renewal of the 0.35 mill levy that is applied in this county and Leelanau County to support the operations of the Bay Area Transportation Authority (BATA). In its first year, the millage is expected to generate $2,305,190. |
November 8, 2011 |
WIN
Passed
73%-27% |
| 12 |
MI |
Holland |
Type: Property Tax |
A five-year, 0.4 mill renewal to operate the Macatawa Area Express bus system. The MAX Transportation Authority Board approved the measure to go before Holland and Holland Township voters. It is expected to generate approximately $890,000 a year. Area voters approved the first MAX operating millage in 2006. |
May 3, 2011 |
WIN
Passed
76%-24% |
| 13 |
MI |
Iosco County |
Type: Property Tax |
A 0.0967 mill levy operations of the Iosco Transit Corporation. The five-year renewal is expected to generate $109,704 in its first year. |
August 2, 2011 |
WIN
Passed 79%-21% |
| 14 |
MI |
Leelanau County |
Type: Property Tax |
A renewal of the 0.35 mill levy that is applied in this county and Grand Traverse County to support the operations of the Bay Area Transportation Authority (BATA). In its first year, the millage is expected to generate $2,305,190. |
November 8, 2011 |
WIN
Passed
75%-25% |
| 15 |
MI |
Montcalm County |
Type: Property Tax |
Montcalm County voters, except for the city of Greenville, will vote on a proposed 0.3-mill property tax increase to fund a countywide bus system. |
November 8, 2011 |
LOSS
Failed
39%-61%
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| 16 |
MI |
Kalkaska County |
Type:
Property Tax |
A renewal of a five-year, 0.25-mill levy for the county's public transit authority. It is expected to generate $164,438 this year. |
May 3, 2011 |
WIN
Passed
72%-28% |
| 17 |
MI |
Maple Ridge Township |
Type:
Property Tax |
A millage renewal request for the Delta Area Transit Authority (DATA). The five-year, 0.5 mill is used to support operations. |
August 2, 2011 |
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| 18 |
MI |
Port Huron Township |
Type:
Property Tax |
A tax increase and renewal for Blue Water Area Transit service. The 0.875-mill, four-year tax would generate $220,450 in its first year. The current rate is 0.675-mill. |
August 2, 2011 |
WIN
Passed
58%-42% |
| 19 |
NC |
Durham County |
Type: Sales Tax |
Local officials in Durham have voted to place a half-cent sales tax on the November ballot. It would generate an estimated $18.3 million annually to support a 25% boost in bus service within the first 3 years, and to help launch commuter trains by 2018 and light rail by 2025. |
November 8, 2011 |
WIN
Passed
60%-40%
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| 20 |
NC |
Raleigh |
Type: Bond |
A $40 million transportation bond supported by an increase in property taxes to finance the repaving of more than 60 road miles, and an upgrade to bus stops and overhaul of the Moore Square Transit Center. It would also support the initial construction of a new Amtrak station downtown.
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October 11, 2011 |
WIN
Passed
67%-33% |
| 21 |
OH |
Cincinnati |
Type: Charter Amendment |
Cincinnati voters will go to the ballot for the second time in two years this November to decide whether the city should continue with its plans for a streetcar. |
November, 8 2011 |
WIN
Failed
49%-51%
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OH |
Lorain County |
Type: Sales Tax |
Voters in Lorain County will be asked to raise the sales tax from 6.25 to 6.5 percent to support a variety of county programs. The tax is expected to generate between $7 and $7.5 billion per year. If it is not approved the county will cut their contribution to the Lorain County Transit System in half, from $100,000 to $50,000. |
November, 8 2011 |
UNCOUNTED
Failed
32%-68% |
| 22 |
OH |
Stark County |
Type: Sales Tax |
Voters in Stark County were asked to renew a five-year, 0.25 percent sales tax for theStark County Regional Transit Authority (SARTA). |
May 3, 2011 |
WIN
Passed
66%-34% |
| 23 |
OH |
Trumbull County |
Type: Property Tax |
A 0.5-mill, five-year levy to support Niles-Trumbull Transit. The system will either cease to exist as of January 1 or the fees will be replaced by the levy. The tax increase is expected to raise $1.7 million annually. |
November, 8 2011 |
LOSS
Failed
36%-64% |
| 24 |
WA |
Clark County |
Type: Sales Tax |
Proposition 1 is a 0.2% sales tax increase to support the Clark County Public Transportation Benefit Area Authority, which runs C-TRAN. If the measure fails service is expected to be cut by about 35%. C-TRAN currently receives 0.5 percent sales tax, but an increase to 0.7 percent would provide an additional $8 to $9 million in revenue. |
November 8, 2011 |
WIN
Passed
54%-46% |
| 25 |
WA |
Jefferson County |
Type: Sales Tax |
Voters in Jefferson County approved Prop. 1, a measure to increase the local sales tax by 0.3 for Jefferson Transit. Without approval, Sunday bus service would have been cut. The measure is expected to general about $1 million annually for transit operations.
https://sites.google.com/site/vote4jeffersontransit/ |
February 8, 2011 |
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| 26 |
WA |
Pierce County |
Type: Sales Tax |
The Pierce Transit board placed the 0.3 percent sales tax increase on the ballot to avoid up to 40 percent cuts in service. The measure is expected to raise approximately $30 million more a year in revenue for Pierce Transit's bus service. The existing sales tax generated $60 million annually for the transit system. Pierce Transit's sales tax portion was increased from 0.6 percent to 0.9 percent.
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February 8, 2011 |
LOSS
Failed
46%-54% |
| 27 |
WA |
Seattle |
Type: Car-tab fee |
The Seattle City Council voted to place a $60 car-tab fee on the November ballot for transportation investment. Of the $204 million expected to be raised, 49% would go to transit, 29% to road maintenance and safety and 22% to bike/ped infrastructure. |
November 8, 2011 |
LOSS
Failed
40%-60% |
| 28 |
WA |
Statewide |
Type: Anti-tolling |
Initiative 1125 would
- require the Legislature (not the state Transportation Commission) to set tolls,
- mandate that a toll on a particular road or bridge be used only to build, operate or maintain that project,
- prevent light rail from running on the I-90 floating bridge
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November 8, 2011 |
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