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Madison, WI

Released by Wisconsin State Journal

The typical vehicle owner would pay an extra $120 a year to drive in Wisconsin, under a package of recommendations proposed Wednesday by a state transportation commission…

More info at http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/increase-in-gas-tax-other-vehicle-fees-proposed-by-commission/article_cee0422e-6578-11e2-9de9-0019bb2963f4.html

Richmond, VA

Released by Progressive Railroading

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's proposed "Virginia's Road to the Future" transportation project list includes $1 billion for new rail and transit projects, his office announced Tuesday…

More info at http://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/news/Virginia-governor-recommends-1-billion-for-rail-transit–34960

Annapolis, MD

Released by The Baltimore Sun

Baltimore and Maryland's counties could impose their own 5-cents-a-gallon tax on gas to pay for local roads and buses under a proposal by Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller…

More info at http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-transportation-finance-20130124,0,1878750.story

Jefferson City, MO

Released by The Examiner

The chairman of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission is suggesting a 1-cent sales tax for 10 years that would be dedicated for transportation…

More info at http://www.examiner.net/news/x971312332/Missouri-sales-tax-for-transportation-suggested

Released by DC Streetsblog

There’s a persistent misconception in American culture that transit is a big drain on public coffers while roads conveniently and totally pay for themselves through the magic of gas taxes. And that used to be true — at least for interstate highways, a fraction of the total road network…

More info at http://dc.streetsblog.org/2013/01/23/drivers-cover-just-51-percent-of-u-s-road-spending/

Boston, MA

Released by The Phoenix

Few parts of Massachusetts government need additional spending as badly as transportation — or have as publicly visible deficiencies. Whether squirming on ancient Red Line cars, sitting in interminable Springfield rush-hour traffic, or waiting for economy-boosting expansions to underserved southeastern towns, just about everybody in the Commonwealth sees, on an almost-daily basis, the consequences of inadequate investment…

More info at http://thephoenix.com/Boston/news/150487-wheels-on-the-bus-mass-transit/

Jackson County, MO

Released by KCUR

A lot more people in the Kansas City area could be voting on a mass transit plan as soon as this August.

Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders has been working on a plan that would use existing freight lines to take commuter trains from the river market east through Independence, Blue Springs, and all the way to Oak Grove. Another line would head from River Market southeast to the Truman sports complex, Raytown and Lee’s Summit… 

More info at http://kcur.org/post/sanders-pushes-put-transit-plan-august-ballot?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=&utm_campaign=/

Pinellas County, FL

Released by Tampa Bay Business Journal

The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority Board of Directors on Wednesday agreed to ask the Pinellas County Commission to include a one-cent transit improvement sales tax on the November 2014 ballot…

More info at http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2013/01/23/pinellas-rolling-toward-2014-transit.html

Grand Haven, MI

Released by Grand Haven Tribune

“Ridership for last year increased about 21 percent,” Harbor Transit Marketing Director Dennis Swartout said. “It is affordable and very accessible.”

More info at http://www.grandhaventribune.com/article/292536

Kalamazoo, MI

Released by MLive

The city of Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo County governments are moving forward with the concept of a countywide public transit system…

More info at http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2013/01/kalamazoo_city_county_moving_f.html