Minneapolis, MN
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After years of riding behind Republicans on transportation, DFLers now in the driver’s seat at the Legislature are pushing hefty increases in taxes for transit and highways…
More info at http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/199277731.html?source=error
Tampa, FL
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Several nonprofit groups are pressing Hillsborough County commissioners to move quickly on developing a transportation plan that will include better bus service and rail..
More info at http://www2.tbo.com/news/news/2013/mar/19/memeto2-supporters-seek-transit-momentum-ar-662473/
Annapolis, MD
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A House panel voted 15-4 on Monday for a gas tax measure to raise hundreds of millions of dollars per year, but with some changes to the plan initially submitted by Gov. Martin O’Malley…
More info at http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/03/18/md-house-panel-approves-gas-tax-measure/
Perrysburg, OH
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Perrysburg resident Derek O’Neal said he will have to quit his job of nearly nine years and move out of Perrysburg to a town with public transportation if the transit levy does not get passed May 7…
More info at http://www.toledoblade.com/South/2013/03/19/No-bus-service-hinders-residents.html
Pinellas County, FL
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The campaign to educate Pinellas residents about the bus and rail plans they will vote on in 2014 got a name on Monday, and a tote bag…
More info at http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/awareness-campaign-proposed-for-countys-transit-referendum/2109769
Vancouver, WA
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An anti-light-rail ordinance won’t go to city voters this fall, the Vancouver City Council decided Monday…
More info at http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/mar/18/proposed-light-rail-ordinance-outside-scope-city-p/
Jefferson City, MO
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Missouri senators endorsed a penny sales tax increase that could generate close to $8 billion over a decade for transportation projects…
More info at http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/morning_call/2013/03/missouri-senate-approves-sales-tax.html
St. Paul, MN
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To make the math work for his transit plans, Gov. Mark Dayton on Thursday proposed raising the metro transit sales tax by a half cent, double the increase he’d sought earlier…
More info at http://www.startribune.com/local/198385411.html?src=news-stmp
Jefferson City, MO
Released by Quincy Herald Whig
Missouri senators are debating whether they should have legislative control over transportation projects financed by a proposed 1-cent sales tax…
More info at http://www.whig.com/story/21629127/missouri-senate-debates-sales-tax-for-transportation-infrastructure
Released by The Atlantic Cities
We don't know much yet about how Jorge Mario Bergoglio will lead the Catholic Church. But the new Pope's biography speaks to Bergoglio's urban past…
More info at http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/03/public-transit-pope/4973/