Durham, NC
Released by The Herald Sun
Three boards appear poised to set Durham and Orange counties on course toward implementing on April 1 a half-percent sales-tax surcharge to raise money for new and expanded transit…
More info at http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/20924934/article-Implementation-votes-for-transit-tax-are-imminent
Escambia County, FL
Released by Pensacola News Journal
After a marathon public hearing Monday, the Escambia County Commission approved a controversial 4-cent gas tax hike that will create a permanent source of money for the Escambia County Area Transit system…
More info at http://www.pnj.com/article/20121119/NEWS01/121119006/Escambia-County-Commission-OKs-gas-tax?odyssey=nav%7Chead
Pierce County, WA
Released by The News Tribune
Now that voters have rejected a permanent sales tax increase for Pierce Transit, what’s Plan B?
In the runup to the Nov. 6 election, the agency said that if Proposition 1 failed, it would have to cut weekend and evening service (after 7 p.m.) – on top of cuts that already have been made. From early spring 2014 to 2017, service hours would be cut from 419,000 to 197,000. Shuttle service for the elderly and disabled, which has been reduced significantly already, would be cut back even more…
More info at http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/11/18/2371837/pierce-transit-must-regroup-rethink.html
Escambia County, FL
Released by Pensacola News Journal
On Monday, the day before two new Escambia County commissioners take office, the board will decide the fate of a proposed 4-cent gas tax increase…
Boston, MA
Released by The Boston Globe
Nearly six years after a bipartisan commission sounded the alarm about a transportation system in a crisis so severe that it carried a shortfall of nearly $1 billion a year, Governor Deval Patrick will ask lawmakers to solve the problem with a plan that includes higher taxes…
Indianapolis, IN
Released by WISH TV
Two years ago Mayor Gregg Ballard kicked off an effort to win legislative approval for a referendum on mass transit. It went nowhere and, then, last year a second attempt failed…
More info at http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/politics/mayor-ballard-seeks-tax-hike-for-mass-transit
Released by The Atlantic Cities
Last week a number of cities across the country took it upon themselves to improve their transit networks. Of the 20 transit referendums on November ballots tracked by the Center for Transportation Excellence, 14 are considered wins for transit, for about a 70 percent success rate. A sales tax in Pierce County, Washington, remains too close to call but appears to be failing…
More info at http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2012/11/we-shouldnt-be-surprised-most-transit-referendums-won/3885/
Chapel Hill, NC
Released by The Chapel Hill News
The morning after voters approved a half-cent sales tax for bus and light rail, area officials were already talking about how to put the plans into motion…
More info at http://www.chapelhillnews.com/2012/11/13/73773/sales-tax-more-transit-will-take.html
Lexington County, SC
Released by The State
The mayors of many of Lexington County’s 14 municipalties are starting to line up in favor of a referendum on a one-cent sales tax hike for roads, sewers and other improvements…
More info at http://www.thestate.com/2012/11/13/2517542/town-leaders-receptive-to-new.html#.UKp__G_A-So
Baton Rouge, LA
Released by The Advocate
A state court judge ruled that he will not toss out a lawsuit against the Capital Area Transit System seeking to invalidate the results of the April property tax election and is allowing the case to move forward to trial…
More info at http://theadvocate.com/home/4380042-125/judge-rules-cats-tax-challenge