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Logan, UT

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The Logan Municipal Council agreed with the Cache County Council to table a proposed sales tax increase to benefit transportation until the terms of the revenue distribution could be adjusted…

More info at http://news.hjnews.com/allaccess/logan-municipal-council-agrees-to-table-proposed-sales-tax-until/article_da65fa65-0e9c-5f82-a9fb-816f235825fb.html

Bloomfield Hills, MI

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Residents in Bloomfield Hills will have a chance Tuesday to learn more about SMART and whether they want to pay for buses to stop in their city…

More info at http://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/bloomfield-hills/2015/06/03/smart-make-presentation-offering-bus-service-bloomfield-hills/28423061/

Sacramento, CA

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Although Tuesday’s vote leaves Sacramento’s streetcar with no clear path forward, the project could still become reality with the help of cap-and-trade dollars, a new Sacramento sales tax or an assessment district, Regional Transit's chief executive said Wednesday…

More info at http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2015/06/03/what-plan-b-might-look-like-potential-streetcar.html

Contra Costa County, CA

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More info at http://www.contracostatimes.com/mr-roadshow/ci_28240896/roadshow-your-gas-tax-money-goes-transportation-not

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Surveying and research modeling for transit ballot measures typically happens in the final crunch before elections…

More info at http://mobilitylab.org/2015/06/02/transit-agencies-need-online-savvy-to-influence-politics/

Austin, TX

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AUSTIN- The Legislature voted Saturday to ask the state's voters in November to approve a plan to boost annual transportation funding by billions of dollars…

More info at http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article22796835.html

Little Rock, AR

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f the Central Arkansas Transit Authority wants to provide enhanced services such as Bus Rapid Transit and more frequent stops on major routes, it will have to continue to rely on annual contributions from its city and county partners because state law limits how much it can raise through a dedicated sales tax, according to an agency consultant…

More info at http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/jun/01/funding-a-roadblock-to-cata-20150601/

Detroit, MI

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Regional Transit Authority leaders are trying to build support for a 2016 millage campaign for rapid transit bus routes in Metro Detroit, but the region's top politicians are wary of voter support for a property tax increase…

More info at http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2015/05/31/metro-area-transit-tax-faces-challenge/28288609/

Little Rock, AR

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) – With major rebranding coming for the Central Arkansas Transit Authority, officials want your help…

More info at http://www.thv11.com/story/news/local/little-rock/2015/06/02/cata-rebranding-to-rock-region-metro/28338275/

Grand Rapids, MI

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`GRAND RAPIDS, MI – As Peter Varga tells it, he and George Heartwell, then the chairman of the Grand Rapids Area Transit Authority, sat plotting how to upgrade the city's "rudimentary" bus service…

More info at http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2015/06/why_public_transit_advocates_a.html