Escanaba, MI
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A majority of voters in Escanaba and Wells townships chose to defeat two millages in support of the Delta Area Transit Authority; the millages would have provided operational funding for public transportation services in Delta County…
More info at http://www.dailypress.net/page/content.detail/id/543398/Voters-defeat-DATA-millage.html?nav=5003
Boston, MA
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A group of Republican state lawmakers and activists said Tuesday that they hope to place a measure on the 2014 ballot that would repeal a state law triggering automatic increases in the gas tax when inflation rises…
Indianapolis, IN
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A study committee of 16 Indianapolis-area legislators opened a series of summer hearings about what they say is the economic necessity of a public transportation system…
More info at http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/central-indiana-mayors-push-mass-transit-53662/
Modesto, CA
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Supporters of a drive for trains between Modesto and the Bay Area sought Friday to dispel the kind of controversy that has dogged its cousin, high-speed rail…
More info at http://www.modbee.com/2013/07/26/2829181/ace-train-service-to-modesto-hinges.html
Pierce County, WA
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Better than expected sales in Pierce County will likely mean good news for bus riders…
More info at http://www.king5.com/news/local/Strong-sales-revenue-likely-to-eliminate-Pierce-Transit-cuts-217029401.html
Wausau, WI
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A Wausau city leader is proposing an innovative way to fund public transit systems in Wisconsin: through sales taxes that would be levied by individual cities, towns and villages…
More info at http://m.news.wpr.org/?utm_referrer=#mobile/24897
Escanaba, MI
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On Aug. 6, residents in Wells and Escanaba townships will have an opportunity to help decide the future of public transit by voting on millages that would support the Delta Area Transit Authority…
More info at http://www.dailypress.net/page/content.detail/id/543139/Vote-on-Data-millage-nears.html?nav=5003
Pinellas County, FL
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Pinellas County residents have a choice, and it's stark one, said Brad Miller, chief executive of Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority…
More info at http://www.tampabay.com/news/transportation/pinellas-greenlight-campaign-for-transit-sales-tax-ramps-up/2132277
Salt Lake City, UT
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The Utah Transit Authority told legislators Wednesday that it will soon need a 66 percent increase in its share of sales taxes to fund service improvements that it figures the growing Wasatch Front will need over the next 30 years…
More info at http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/56609341-90/uta-tax-sales-bus.html.csp
Boston, MA
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Governor Deval Patrick signed into law the $33.6 billion annual state budget Friday, but used his veto powers to slash $240 million in transportation funding and $177 million in aid for cities and towns, a move that provoked an immediate outcry from local officials and state lawmakers…