Seattle, WA – Sales Tax, Nov. 2008

Seattle, WA

Election Date: November 4, 2008
Type: Sales Tax
Revenue Type:
Transit Revenue Explanation:
Outcome: Win for Transit
Results: Passed, 58% - 42%

In November 2007, voters defeated Proposition 1, a 20-year "Roads & Transit" construction plan. Sound Transit has fast-tracked a new proposal that is stripped of all the road and highway provisions and is much cheaper, costing around $17.8 billion and financed with an increase in sales taxes. It promises fewer deliverables than last year's plan, but will included 34 additional miles of light rail, expanded bus service and it promises to make things happen in 15 years, not 20.