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STATE
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CITY
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SUBJECT
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DATE/COMMENT
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AK
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Anchorage
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The city of Anchorage is proposing a $1.93 million public transit bond. The money would be used to match federal capital grants available to the city transit system and would pay for new buses, paratransit vehicles, bus stop shelters and new computer systems that would improve efficiency and cut long-run costs.. |
ON BALLOT 04/05/05 APPROVED 54% TO 46% |
AR
|
Little
Rock
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Officials are exploring ways to fund increased street car service and other transit improvements, possibly with a dedicated tax. | MONITOR PROGRESS |
AR
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Jonesboro
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The North East Arkansas Transit Authority board unanimously approved a motion to request that the Craighead County Quorum Court place a referendum on November's general election ballot to create and support through funding a Jonesboro-Craighead County transit system for a 3-year trial period. Will reconsider in 2005 | MONITOR PROGRESS |
AZ
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Tucson
|
After a defeat in 2003, transit advocates and the business community are gearing up for another proposal to fund transit, possibly for November | Likely 2006 |
CA
|
San
Carlos
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Measure T, the $59 parcel tax proposal, would raise about $650,000 a year for five years to fund the city's free shuttle service, SCOOT. |
ON BALLOT 03/08/05 FAILED 45% TO 55% |
CA
|
Santa
Cruz County
|
After being defeated in 2004, Santa Cruz County may again ask voters for additional transportation funds as soon as 2005. | MONITOR PROGRESS |
CA
|
Ventura
County
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Ventura County supervisors may again ask voters for additional transportation funding as soon as 2005. | MONITOR PROGRESS |
CA
|
Merced
County
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After failing to garner the required 2/3 majority vote in 2002, officials are looking to present a revised expenditure plan to voters. | MONITOR PROGRESS |
CA
|
San
Luis Obispo County
|
First countywide attempt for transportation funding | MONITOR PROGRESS |
CA
|
Shasta
County
|
First countywide attempt for transportation funding | MONITOR PROGRESS |
CA
|
San
Joaquin County
|
First countywide attempt for transportation funding | MONITOR PROGRESS |
CA
|
Monterey
County
|
After an unsuccessful attempt in 1998, officals are considering whether to prepare for a new campaign to fund transportation improvements in the county | MONITOR PROGRESS |
CA
|
Santa
Barbara County
|
With their current funding mechanism set to expire in 2009, officials are preparing to go to voters again soon. | MONITOR PROGRESS |
CA
|
Yolo
County
|
First countywide attempt for transportation funding | MONITOR PROGRESS |
CA
|
Napa
County
|
After an unsuccessful attempt in 2004, officials are considering whether to prepare for a new campaign to fund transportation improvements in the county | MONITOR PROGRESS |
CA
|
Orange
County
|
OCTA officials are planning to place a 20- or 30- year extension of Measure M on the ballot in the next few years. | Likely 2006 |
CA
|
Fresno
County
|
After an unsuccessful attempt in 2002 and with the current funding mechanism set to expire in 2007, officials are again preparing to go to voters. | MONITOR PROGRESS |
CA
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Bay
Area
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has left the way clear to put a seismic-safety bond before voters this year for the Bay Bridge and other projects | MONITOR PROGRESS |
CO
|
Castle
Rock
|
Voters in Castle Rock will be asked this fall whether to impose a 1 percent tax increase to participate in the Regional Transportation District | ON BALLOT 11/01/2005 |
FL
|
Martin
County
|
Martin County commissioners are considering a new tax to keep public transit running after federal operating dollars dry up next year. | MONITOR PROGRESS |
FL
|
Lake
County
|
Lake County officials
are considering adding an additional nickel gas tax to help pay for a bus
service for elderly, disabled and low-income residents. |
MONITOR PROGRESS |
FL
|
Tampa
|
Mayor Pam Iorio is proposing a transit referendum to help expand HARTline services throughout the Tampa region | MONITOR PROGRESS |
FL
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Broward
County
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A coalition of education and county officials want to ask Broward voters to approve an extra penny sales tax to raise a quarter-billion dollars a year for schools, public safety and mass transit | MONITOR PROGRESS |
ID
|
Nampa
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Officials are mulling over funding options to support Valley Rides Regional Operations and Capital Improvement Plan. | MONITOR PROGRESS |
IN
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Indianapolis
|
After shelving a food and beverage tax proposal to fund transit in 2004, officials are looking for other options | MONITOR PROGRESS |
LA
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Baton
Rouge
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In order to secure federal funding for a bus rapid transit system, local officials are exploring funding options to pick up the remaining tab. | MONITOR PROGRESS |
MA
|
Oak
Bluff and surrounding Towns
|
Voters will decide
on Article Nine which would provide up to $60,680 per year ($410,000 total)
for the town's share of a two-year pilot program offered by the Vineyard
Transit Authority to provide extended fixed route bus service, para-transit
service (for disabled citizens), and year-round transportation for the Seniors'
Day Program. To be approved, voters in 4 of the 6 following towns need to
approve: Oak Bluff(Approved), Edgartown(Approved), Tisbury(Approved), West
Tisbury(Approved), Chilmark(Approved), Aquinah |
ON BALLOT 04/12/05 APPROVED |
MI
|
Barry
County
|
To make up for the anticipated decreased state funding, Barry County Transit may go to the voters with a millage request, its first request since its inception in 1982. | ON BALLOT August 2, 2005 |
MI
|
Livonia
|
City Council has decided to let city residents vote on whether to drop out of the SMART system. The proposal would impose a half-mill tax, and after leaving the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation system, use the money to bolster a city bus service and improve city facilities. | ON BALLOT (either August
Primary or November General election) MONITOR PROGRESS |
MI
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Kalamazoo
|
The agreement to take over Care-A-Van commits city and county officials to work with other local governments and stakeholders to establish a transit authority that would expand Metro Transit's current system by no later than Dec. 31. It calls for asking voters to approve a property-tax millage to support an expanded transit authority no later than Nov. 7, 2006. | MONITOR PROGRESS |
MI
|
Branch
County
|
The Branch Area Transit Authority has presented a .35 renewal operational millage to support the agency. |
ON BALLOT 02/22/05 APPROVED 68% TO 32% |
MI
|
Corrunna
|
The Shiawassee Area Transportation Agency (SATA) has presented a one year request for .2325 in public transportation millage, which would raise $12,000 for the agency. | ON BALLOT 02/22/05 APPROVED 75% TO 25% |
MI
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Saginaw
|
After an unsuccessful attempt on a proposed 3 mill renewal levy last March, STARS is again proposing a similar measure to ease the consequences of the $1.9 million cut to the bus system's budget. |
ON BALLOT 02/22/05 APPROVED BY
81 VOTES!! |
MI
|
Holland
|
Voters in Holland will decide whether to renew funding for the Macatawa Area Express bus service with a 3 year 0.6 mill levy. |
ON BALLOT 05/03/05 APPROVED 80% TO 20% |
MI
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Flint
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The Mass Transportation Authority plans to ask voters in the city to renew a 0.6-mill levy, which funds bus routes throughout Flint. The millage is in addition to the 0.8 mills levied across Genesee County, so city residents ultimately pay 1.4 mills for MTA service. | ON BALLOT 08/2005 |
MI
|
Van
Buren County
|
The Van Buren Public Transit system has operated without a dedicated funding source. The county board has recommended a county levy of up to a quarter-mill. If passed, the levy would raise an estimated $513,853 per year | MONITOR PROGRESS |
MN
|
Twin
Cities
|
A diverse coalition of health, faith, environmental and labor groups have called for a half-cent Twin Cities sales tax to produce $225 million a year in new funding for transit, pedestrian and bikeway initiatives. | MONITOR PROGRESS |
NC
|
Chapel
Hill
|
Chapel Hill Town Council members want to discuss adding a $1 luxury tax to each ticket for a major event — such as a UNC men’s basketball game — that is valued at more than $35, to benefit Chapel Hill Transit | MONITOR PROGRESS |
NH
|
Salem
|
The first steps toward a fixed-route bus system linking 11 communities along the Interstate 93 corridor will be decided in March by voters in six towns. Warrant articles seeking money for the program will appear on ballots in Danville, Derry, Hampstead, Pelham, Plaistow and Salem. |
ON BALLOT 03/08/05 |
NM
|
Los
Alamos
|
The county council is proposing a 1 percent increase in the vehicle excise tax to support transportation in New Mexico. Roughly $300 on each new vehicle sold in the state would be split 3 ways: statewide transportation operations, local government road funds, and mass transit. | MONITOR PROGRESS |
NV
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Custer
County
|
Voters in the county and two towns of Silver Cliff and Westcliffe will go to the polls in November to decide if a rural transit authority should be created | ON BALLOT 11/2005 |
OR
|
Deschutes
County
|
After an unsuccessful effort in 2004, officials may seek another tax proposal to support public transportation in Bend as early as 2005 | MONITOR PROGRESS |
OH
|
Steubenville
|
Voters in Steubenville and Mingo Junction will be asked whether to support operational and capital improvement costs for the Steel Valley Regional Transit Authority with a 10 year 1.5 mill levy |
ON BALLOT 05/03/05 APPROVED 61% TO 39% |
OH
|
Columbus
|
To help pay for the North Corridor light rail project and other transit improvements, officials are considering a dedicated funding source. | MONITOR PROGRESS |
OH
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Cincinnati
|
The Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority –may be considering a countywide sales tax levy that would shift the burden of Metro's tax subsidy away from workers in the city. | MONITOR PROGRESS |
TX
|
Fort
Bend
|
Municipal officials in Fort Bend County have indicated they will support a proposal to establish a rural transit district in the county. | MONITOR PROGRESS |
TX
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Arlington
|
Area leaders may seek voter approval of a five-county commuter rail system in 2005. | MONITOR PROGRESS |
UT
|
Box
Elder County
|
Residents of Box Elder County, or at least some of its cities, could vote next November on a sales-tax increase to pay for mass transit in the Bear River Valley. If the tax is approved, it could mean bus service for the first time to such communities as Bear River City and Tremonton, as well as buses to Cache Valley and to defense contractor ATK Thiokol west of Corinne. A transit study commissioned by Brigham City found a half-cent sales tax could raise $1.9 million a year, which would be enough to fund six routes. | MONITOR PROGRESS |
UT
|
Wasatch
Front Counties
|
Transit supporters are eyeing a possible ballot measure in 2006. The minimum they are likely to seek is an across-the-board equalizaiton in the sales tax support the Utah Transit Authority currently receives | MONITOR PROGRESS |
VT
|
Barre
City
|
The Green Mountain Transit Agency is seeking a $36,572 allocation from the city of Barre to fund the operation of 18 buses and paratransit vehicles | ON BALLOT 03/01/05 APPROVED BY 20 VOTES! |
WA
|
Finley
|
Voters in Finley will decide whether to bring Ben Franklin Transit to their community by imposing a .06% sales tax to pay for the service |
ON BALLOT 04/26/05 APPROVED 64% TO 36% |
WA
|
Seattle
Area
|
The Regional Transportation Investment District is assembling a second round of projects and taxes to submit to urban voters in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties. | MONITOR PROGRESS |
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