Phoenix, AZ
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Phoenix police could receive an annual $16 million boost pending the outcome of a transportation tax initiative, a windfall that would fast-track efforts to refill hundreds of vacant positions at the department…
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Measure that would require voter approval for rail projects headed to public
San Antonio, TX
Released by San Antonio Express-News
VIA Metropolitan Transit will not oppose a City Charter amendment set to appear on the May ballot that would create a new hurdle for any future urban rail project, agency CEO and President Jeffrey Arndt said…
More info at http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Measure-that-would-require-voter-approval-for-6101777.php
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East Pierce shuttle riders can go Beyond the Borders of traditional service
Pierce County, WA
Released by The News Tribune
When Harriet Johnson moved to Sumner from Seattle, she was told there would be plenty of buses to help her get around…
More info at http://www.thenewstribune.com/2015/02/25/3657872_east-pierce-shuttle-riders-can.html?rh=1
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Transit District Feeling the Loss of Money to CRAs
Polk County, FL
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LAKELAND | The Lakeland Area Mass Transit District said it can no longer bear to lose tax revenue to city and county redevelopment districts and has asked for a break…
More info at http://www.theledger.com/article/20150225/NEWS/150229467
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‘No’ side takes lead in transit plebiscite poll, as mayors dismiss results
Vancouver, CAN
Released by The Globe and Mail
The mayors of Vancouver and Richmond are pushing back hard against a poll that suggests the No side is ahead in the looming Lower Mainland plebiscite on a sales tax to help pay for transit improvements…
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Sound Transit continues steps on Kent light rail plan
Kent, WA
Released by Kent Reporter
Sound Transit is planning to extend light rail from the future Angle Lake Station (opening in 2016) at South 200th Street in SeaTac to the Kent/Des Moines area by 2023…
More info at http://www.kentreporter.com/news/294111921.html#
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Better call Sal: Phoenix to consider $30B sales tax extension for light rail
Phoenix, AZ
Released by Phoenix Business Journal
The Phoenix City Council could soon forward a $30.5 billion, 34-year sales tax measure to voters to fund Metro light rail extensions and other transportation projects…
More info at http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2015/02/23/better-call-sal-phoenix-to-consider-30b-sales-tax.html
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Confessions of a Vancouver transit plebiscite supporter
Vancouver, CAN
Released by Vancouver Courier
Doctor, we need to talk. I am becoming obsessed with the forthcoming transportation referendum.
Last week, I travelled to Aruba via Newark. On every leg of the journey I could not stop comparing my trip with travels on TransLink…
More info at http://www.vancourier.com/opinion/confessions-of-a-vancouver-transit-plebiscite-supporter-1.1773166
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NPA balks at proposed 2.4-per-cent property tax increase
Vancouver, CAN
Released by The Globe and Mail
As Vancouver residents prepare to vote on a new tax to pay for expanded transit, the governing Vision Vancouver party is seeking a 2.4-per-cent increase in property taxes their rival Non-Partisan Association deems unfair…
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Smyth: Wake up, TransLink — not even B.C.’s small-business owners trust you
Vancouver, CAN
Released by The Province
It’s not surprising a lot of people out there don’t like the idea of giving TransLink any more of their hard-earned money, given the transit agency’s recent track record…
More info at http://www.theprovince.com/business/Smyth+Wake+TransLink+even+small+business+owners+trust/10837182/story.html