Cities Embrace Big-Ticket Transit Projects
Released by Pew Stateline Cities across the country are moving forward with mass transit projects, despite the required tax hikes and cheap gasoline that encourages commuters to drive their cars. [...]
Contra Costa County Transportation Authority to Discuss Another Tax, Proposal to Prohibit Roads Serving East County
Contra Costa, CA Released by Antioch Herald A special meeting of the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) will be held, tonight, Wednesday, January 6, 2016, to discuss a proposed transportation [...]
Wake residents get first look at $2.3 billion plan for trains and buses
Wake County, NC Released by The News & Observer RALEIGH - Wake County residents streamed through a Raleigh Convention Center exhibit hall Tuesday evening to learn about a $2.3 billion [...]
LET Millage to be on March Ballot in Bedford Township, MI
Bedford Township, MI Released by BedfordNow Bedford Township voters will decide a millage increase in the spring to help cover costs of their bus services. On Dec. 1, the township [...]
Salem-Keizer Vote on Transit Payroll Tax ends Tuesday
Keizer, OR Released by KeizerTimes On the national picture, the big election takes place a year from Tuesday. But locally, two big issues will be decided this coming Tuesday. The one that’s [...]
Vote to Expand Bus Service for Your Health, That of Others
Snohomish County, WA Released by HeraldNet When we think of public transportation, we often think of the positive impact it has on easing congestion, supporting the local economy and providing [...]
Contra Costa Supervisors Greenlight Transportation Tax, Hold Off on Public Safety Tax
Contra Costa, CA Released by Mass Transit Magazine MARTINEZ -- It's full steam ahead for a measure that would double Contra Costa's transportation sales tax next year after county supervisors [...]
Phoenix Voters Pass Prop. 104 Transit Tax
Phoenix, AZ Released by AZ Central PHOENIX - Phoenix voters approved a major boost in transportation funding for new light rail lines, bus expansion and street improvements over the next several [...]
All Wasatch Front voters will now have a say on sales-tax hike
Released by Salt Lake Tribune UTAH - The entire Wasatch Front will now vote Nov. 3 on whether to raise local sales taxes for transportation... More info at http://www.sltrib.com/home/2851394-155/all-wasatch-front-voters-will-now
Benzie County Voters Approve Transit Millage and Other Measures
Benzie County, MI Released by Traverse City Record-Eagle BENZIE COUNTY - Residents in Benzie County approved a 5-year renewal of a 0.5-mill property tax to fund the Benzie Transportation Authority. [...]