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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
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State-By-State Searchable Database

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Virginia
Capital: Richmond
Population: 7,187,734
Major Metropolitan Areas: Richmond, Roanoke, VA Beach/Norfolk, Washington D.C.
Federal Transportation Spending: $1,036,293,000 (U.S. Census Bureau 2002)

General Ballot Measure Information

State Ballot Process
No citizen-initiated statewide ballot measure process in Virginia.

State Election Site: http://www.sbe.state.va.us/

County & City Information
Contact your county elections office for more information: http://www.sbe.state.va.us/General_Info/GR_Directory-dbtoc.asp

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

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

Specific Ballot Measure Information

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2002	Northern Virginia	Sales tax increase	11/5/2002	Failed 55% to 45%
Description
This transportation referendum would have allowed a 1/2-cent sales tax increase to support Northern Virginia's transportation needs.

Outreach/Contact Information

Advocacy Groups

Virginia Transit Association ( http://www.vatransit.com/ )
Dulles Corridor Rail Association ( http://www.dullescorridorrail.com/ )
Hampton Roads Public Transportation Alliance ( no website )
Washington Regional Network for Livable Communities ( http://www.washingtonregion.net/ )
Piedmont Environmental Council ( http://www.pecva.org/ )
Alliance for Community Choice in Transportation ( http://www.transportationchoice.org/ )
Virginia High Speed Rail ( http://www.vhsr.com/ )
Also: Alliance for Transportation Choice in Transportation, Hampton Roads Public Transportation Alliance, The Committee to Advance the TransDominion Express, Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission, Route 50 Corridor Coalition

Rail Passenger Group

Virginia Association of Railway Patrons ( includes WV ) ( http://www.varprail.org/ )

State DOT

http://www.drpt.state.va.us/

Transit Agencies & MPOs

Richmond GRTC ( http://www.ridegrtc.com )
Alexandria DASH ( http://www.dashbus.com/ )
Fairfax Connector ( http://www.co.fairfax.va.us/comm/trans/connector/ )
Hampton HRT ( http://www.hrtransit.org/ )
Roanoke Valley Metro ( http://www.valleymetro.com/ )

Media Information

Newspaper(s)
Norfolk Virginian Pilot ( http://www.hamptonroads.com/ ) Richmond Times Dispatch ( http://www.timesdispatch.com/ ) Roanoke Times ( http://www.roanoke.com/ ) Hampton Roads Daily Press ( http://www.dailypress.com/ ) Charlottesville Daily Progress ( http://www.dailyprogress.com/ )
Radio	Television
WCVE NPR - Richmond ( http://www.wcve.org/ ) WVTW//WVTF-89.1 NPR - Charlottesville ( )http://www.wvtf.org/ WHRO - Norfolk ( http://www.whro.org/ )	WTVR CBS - Richmond ( http://www.wtvr.com/ ) WRIC ABC - Petersburg ( http://www.wric.com/ ) WWBT NBC - Richmond ( http://www.wwbt.com/ )

Other Resources

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

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