CFTE - Center for Transportation Excellence


	Given the task of doling out the money for transportation improvements, AAA members said they would spend $100 in the following manner: $19.97 - new roads; $39.74 - maintenance and/or expansion of existing roads; $28.76 - Public transit (bus, train, light rail, park & ride) and $11.54 - bicycle and pedestrian projects. >> View & Search Factoids!

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Center for Transportation Excellence
1030 15th Street NW
Suite 750 West
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 349-1037
Fax: (202) 318-1429
info@cfte.org
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Louisiana
Capital: Baton Rouge
Population: 4,465,430
Major Metropolitan Areas: Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Shreveport
Federal Transportation Spending: $541,252,000 (U.S. Census Bureau 2002)

General Ballot Measure Information

State Ballot Process
No citizen-initiated state ballot measure process in Louisiana.

State Election Site: http://www.sec.state.la.us/elections/elections-index.htm

County & City Information
Contact your county registrar's office for more information: http://204.196.221.226/

Ballot measure information
http://www.iandrinstitute.org/Louisiana.htm

Additional ballot measure information
http://www.ballot.org/states/la.html

Specific Ballot Measure Information

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2000	St. Bernard Parish (New Orleans area)	Transportation fees	11/5/2000	Failed - 73% to 27%.
Description
$2.00 motor vehicle registration fee to pay for lease of larger space for DMV offices and to standardize bus fares at $1.00, regardless of distance.

Outreach/Contact Information

Advocacy Groups

Louisiana Public Transit Association (no website)
Coalition to Improve Transportation (no website)
Greater New Orleans Regional Transit Task Force (no website)
Citizens for a Sustainable Baton Rouge NOW http://www.geocities.com/csbrnow/

Rail Passenger Group

Louisiana Association of Railroad Passengers http://www.ipt.com/aboard/la/la.htm

State DOT

http://www.dotd.state.la.us/

Transit Agencies & MPOs

Baton Rouge CTC http://www.ctctransit.com/
Metairie JeT http://www.jeffersontransit.org/
New Orleans RTA http://www.norta.com/home.php
Shreveport SporTran http://www.sportran.org/

Media Information

Newspaper(s)
New Orleans Times-Picayune http://www.nolalive.com/ Baton Rouge Advocate http://www.2theadvocate.com/ Shreveport Times http://www.nwlouisiana.com/ Lafayette Daily Advertiser http://www.acadiananow.com/ Alexandria Town Talk http://www.thetowntalk.com/
Radio	Television
WWNO NPR - New Orleans http://www.wwno.org/ WTUL College- New Orleans http://www.tulane.edu/~wtul/ WGSO News/Talk - New Orleans http://www.wgsoradio.com/	WWL CBS - New Orleans http://www.wwltv.com/ WDSU NBC - New Orleans http://www.theneworleanschannel.com/ WGNO ABC - New Orleans http://abc26.trb.com/

Other Resources

STPP State Page: http://www.transact.org/states/default.asp?state=louisiana

APTA State Page (Info. on transit agencies): http://www.apta.com/links/state_local/la.cfm