Houston, TX
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It always is tempting to describe ballot measures - such as the one asking voters this fall whether to keep diverting part of Metro's sales tax revenues for road projects – as prizefights…
More info at http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Voter-confusion-could-be-decider-on-Metro-3886096.php
Yakima, WA
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Yakima Transit is grappling with a revenue problem that has raised the prospect of hiking fares and raising taxes just to keep the same level of service to residents who rely on the bus system for transportation…
More info at http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2012/09/22/yakima-transit-running-on-fumes
Kansas City, MO
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Kansas City seems to have closed a big chunk of the funding gap for the proposed downtown streetcar system created when the city failed to get a much hoped for $25 million federal grant this summer…
More info at http://www.kansascity.com/2012/09/20/3825285/kc-picks-up-likely-streetcar-funding.html
Columbia, SC
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Dozens of supporters of a penny sales tax in Richland County to support transportation launched a campaign Wednesday urging residents to vote yes for the tax on the November ballot…
More info at http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=803123#.UFthaGGe65J
Gainesville, FL
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The Gainesville City Commission today plans to officially state its opposition to the county’s proposed “Fix Our Roads” three-quarter-cent sales tax referendum…
More info at http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120919/ARTICLES/120919443?p=1&tc=pg&tc=ar
Philadelphia , PA
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Poor SEPTA. It’s the last transit system left in America that still uses tokens. Many subway and trolley stations could use serious rehabilitation and the ’80s-era Kawasaki cars that comprise West Philadelphia’s trolley fleet need to be replaced. Dreams of reopening defunct trolley lines or providing affordable rail service to northwestern Philadelphia, or the Great Northeast, will not be realized under the status quo…
More info at http://americancity.org/daily/entry/for-inspiration-cash-strapped-septa-looks-to-regional-taxing-initiatives
Clackamas County, OR
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Clackamas County light rail opponents scored a convincing victory Tuesday night that could resonate for decades…
More info at http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2012/09/clackamas_county_anti-rail_mea.html
Los Angeles, CA
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On a recent visit to Southern California, I began my day in Claremont, where I’d spoken the previous evening at a Pomona College event. I walked from a hotel near campus to the Claremont Metrolink station, where I grabbed a commuter rail train to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. From there I transferred to the L.A. Metro’s Red Line and rode up to the Vermont/Santa Monica station and checked into a new hotel. I had lunch in that neighborhood, and later walked east to meet a friend for dinner and drinks in Silver Lake…
Charlotte, NC
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Mecklenburg County residents are nearly twice as likely to favor investment in public transportation over building new roads to ease traffic congestion, according to a poll…
More info at http://www.thecharlottepost.com/index.php?src=news&srctype=detail&category=News&refno=4971
Augusta Township, MI
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Augusta Township got its first look at a proposed new five-year transit plan that would bring bus service back to the township.
The Ann Arbor Transportation Authority cut services to Augusta Township a few years ago because of diminished funds…
More info at http://www.heritage.com/articles/2012/09/16/milan_news_leader/news/doc50563b45a2f61385217921.txt?viewmode=fullstory