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

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.

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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
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%

LOSS

Failed
45%-55%

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.

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Approved
67%-33%

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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.

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Approved
65%-35%

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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.

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Approved
61%-39%

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.

Forest Hill officials are considering using a quarter-cent sales tax the city now designates for street maintenance to bring the Fort Worth Transportation Authority, also known as the T, into town.Voters would have to approve the idea, possibly on the November ballot. In 2007, the city surveyed residents, and 77 percent said they favored bus service.

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.

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It is more than likely that a ballot measure in November asking them to raise the sales tax by two-tenths of 1 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.

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.

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Approved
63%-37%

February 9, 2010

WIN

Approved
76%-24%

The Bristol Village Board is considering placing an advisory referendum on the November ballot asking voters whether they would support a tax to pay for the extension of the Metra line to Racine and Milwaukee. The measure would read: "Should any new tax to support transit or rail services, such as a sales tax or local vehicle registration fee, be permitted in any part of Kenosha County?"

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
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.