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Boston, MA

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Lawmakers tasked with solving a crushing transportation funding crisis will consider solutions ranging from tax increases to fare hikes to more tolls when they return to Beacon Hill next month…

More info at http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_22136646/transit-funding-crisis-tolls-thee?IADID=Search-www.lowellsun.com-www.lowellsun.com

St. Louis, MO

Released by St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Soaring gasoline prices, a regional restoration of transit service and a mending economy have made St. Louis Metro buses more attractive…

More info at http://www.stltoday.com/news/traffic/along-for-the-ride/st-louis-transit-buses-still-seeing-surge-in-passengers/article_62d75ce4-e310-5a67-bc7a-56bb4d128c53.html

Kalamazoo, MI

Released by MLive

The Kalamazoo County Transit Authority will ask county voters for a millage renewal on May 7, 2013, but the amount and other details on the millage request have yet to be decided…

More info at http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2012/12/kalamazoo_county_transit_autho_2.html

Orange County, NC

Released by WRAL

The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to begin collecting a half-cent sales tax to generate funds for public transit projects..

More info at http://www.wral.com/orange-to-implement-transit-tax/11873548/

Kansas City, MO

Released by The Kansas City Star

After two decades of false starts and failures, Kansas City finally has voter-approved funding to get on track with fixed-rail transit…

More info at http://www.kansascity.com/2012/12/12/3962799/kc-streetcar-taxes-pass-overwhelmingly.html

Detroit, MI

Released by DC Streetsblog

On Friday, state legislators in the Michigan House of Representatives made a momentous decision to approve a regional transit system for metro Detroit…

More info at http://dc.streetsblog.org/2012/12/10/shifting-political-winds-begin-at-last-to-favor-transit-in-detroit/

Los Angeles, CA

Released by Los Angeles Times

After watching a potentially $90-billion transportation sales tax fail by less than a percentage point, backers of Measure J this week called for a change in the state law that requires no less than a two-thirds majority vote for passage of tax increases…

More info at http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-transit-tax-fails-20121206,0,1497053.story

Los Angeles, CA

Released by KCET

Bittersweet news has hit Los Angeles transit advocates over the past two days…

More info at http://www.kcet.org/news/ballotbrief/election-results/transit-tax-measure-loses-but-streetcar-vote.html

Virginia Beach, VA

Released by The Virginian-Pilot

Light rail has a power base that can raise hundreds of thousands of dollars. Bus Rapid Transit? It's more likely to raise questions about what it is, exactly…

More info at http://hamptonroads.com/2012/12/virginia-beach-could-opt-buses-over-light-rail

Los Angeles, CA

Released by Los Angeles Downtown News

The effort to create a $125 million Downtown streetcar took a major step forward today, as local residents voted in favor of a plan to tax area property owners up to $85 million to fund the project…

More info at http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/voters-approve-million-downtown-streetcar-tax/article_6007eaec-3dd1-11e2-9cad-001a4bcf887a.html