Vancouver, WA
Released by The Columbian
C-Tran’s Proposition 1 has found favor among nearly half of likely Clark County voters, according to a poll released Wednesday…
More info at http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/oct/10/poll-c-tran-measure-leading-10-percent-undecided/
Kansas City, MO
Released by The Examiner
The Kansas City area needs to seriously consider improved transit alternatives to be competitive in the future, a transit advocate says…
More info at http://www.examiner.net/news/x173944921/KC-area-urged-to-stay-on-course-with-rail-plan
San Mateo County, CA
Released by The Daily Journal
Budget and service cuts, fare increases and even increasing ridership will not be enough to bridge the San Mateo County Transit District’s ongoing structural deficit so officials with the agency are exploring whether it should go straight to the voters to ask for additional support..
More info at http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1756175&title=Transit%20district%20explores%20tax
Released by DC Streetsblog
Next month, 19 transit-related measures will come before voters. If the rest of this year is any guide, 16 of them will pass…
More info at http://dc.streetsblog.org/2012/10/10/this-could-be-the-biggest-year-ever-for-transit-at-the-ballot-box/
Tigard, OR
Released by The Oregonian
A charter amendment regarding light-rail construction will go before Tigard voters this fall.
The measure, 34-203, would require a public vote prior to increasing local taxes or fees or imposing new ones to fund light-rail construction and expansion. It would expire after 10 years…
More info at http://www.oregonlive.com/tigard/index.ssf/2012/10/tigard_light_rail_amendment_to.html
Lucas County, OH
Released by The Toledo Blade
Two questions on the fall ballot in Lucas County ask voters in Sylvania and Spencer townships whether they want to withdraw their communities from the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority. Leaving TARTA would isolate the townships, restrict mobility for seniors and people with disabilities, and disconnect employers from job-seekers. Sylvania Township residents should vote NO on Issue 15, and Spencer Township residents should vote NO on Issue 14…
More info at http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2012/10/10/Stay-on-the-bus-1.html
Chapel Hill, NC
Released by Chapelboro.com
Supporters of the Orange County Transit Plan hope to rally the campus vote in favor of the half-cent sales tax referendum to fund bus and light rail in the Triangle…
More info at http://chapelboro.com/Transit-Fans-Hope-To-Get-UNC-Students-On-Board-Wit/14466131
Bellingham, WA
Released by The Bellingham Herald
At the heart of Proposition 1 – the transit measure on the Pierce County ballot – is a question: What kind of community do we want?
More info at http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/10/07/2719712/yes-on-prop-1-because-transit.html
Vancouver, WA
Released by The Columbian
It’s no surprise that light rail and the Columbia River Crossing have largely dominated the talk surrounding C-Tran’s Proposition 1. Both politically charged issues had a yearslong head start on the sales tax measure now tied to them this fall.
Often overshadowed in the debate is bus rapid transit, the lesser-known proposed beneficiary of Proposition 1…
More info at http://www.bendbulletin.com/article/20121006/NEWS0107/210060315/
Chapel Hill, NC
Released by The Chapel Hill News
In February, Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt presented a sweeping overview of the past 25 years of his town’s approach to land-use planning…
More info at http://www.chapelhillnews.com/2012/10/06/73252/transit-prevents-sprawl.html