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Los Angeles, CA

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Seven years ago, voters across Los Angeles County barely approved Measure R, a half-cent sales tax that resulted in almost no transportation upgrades for the San Fernando Valley…

More info at http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20150227/san-fernando-valley-voters-wooed-by-boosters-of-proposed-transit-sales-tax

Vancouver, CAN

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It’s one of the main targets of the relentless “No TransLink Tax” coalition lead by the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation (CTF) and B.C. director Jordan Bateman…

More info at http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/02/no-transit-tax-myths-lies-translink/

Los Angeles, CA

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In a 2012 interview with transit scholar Ethan Elkind, Richard Stanger, former Los Angeles County Transit Commission rail development director, credited the 1988 film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" for popularizing the theory that "car companies had deliberately destroyed the once great Los Angeles Streetcar system," thereby setting in motion a strain of nostalgia for the defunct Pacific Electric/Los Angeles Railway (P.E./L.A.R.) that led to greater public support for rail transit…

More info at http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures/columns/intersections/a-clear-blue-vision-kenneth-hahn-la-light-rail-transit-and-twenty-five-years-of-the-blue-line.html

Detroit, MI

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The next two years are make-or-break ones for the future of regional transit in Metro Detroit, according to an expert panel at Tuesday’s Detroit Policy Conference…

More info at http://michiganradio.org/post/experts-say-next-2-years-are-make-or-break-metro-detroit-transit

Tacoma, WA

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The expansion of Tacoma’s light rail to the Hilltop got a big boost this month from a $75 million grant in President Barack Obama’s proposed budget…

More info at http://www.thenewstribune.com/2015/02/26/3659538_tacoma-light-rail-expansion-could.html?rh=1

Downriver, MI

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Many residents are voicing their concerns regarding seven of the 18 Downriver communities that have opted out of the SMART bus transit system in recent years…

More info at http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2015/02/26/news/doc54ef5a548be0c371637226.txt?viewmode=fullstory

Monterey, CA

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Salinas >> Monterey County transportation officials took a step toward a possible 2016 ballot measure that could raise $20 million annually, giving local transportation projects a much-needed injection of cash…

More info at http://www.montereyherald.com/government-and-politics/20150226/tamc-eyes-sales-tax-to-raise-20m-annually

Spokane, WA

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I am jealous of Spokane. As a citizen of Tacoma and frequent visitor to Spokane, what I’m most envious of is your convenient, well-run transit system…

More info at http://www.spokanejournal.com/local-news/buying-progress-for-3-10-of-a-penny/

Miami, FL

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We applaud a county committee that seeks a fare on our long-free Metro-mover but prefer a means other than a direct commission vote to do the job…

More info at http://www.miamitodaynews.com/2015/02/25/metromover-fare-right-track-let-voters-engineer/

Portage, MI

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PORTAGE, MI – Portage will have plenty at stake when voters in six area communities go to the polls in August and decide the fate of a millage request to fund public transit bus service in the region…

More info at http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2015/02/bus_service_millage_in_august.html