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Transportation-related measures we’re tracking in the 2014 elections

21 Oct 2014 | Posted by Steve Davis | 3 Comments | ballot measures, elections, transportation vote 2014, vote

In just a few weeks on November 4, ballot measures and races with huge transportation implications will be decided at ballot boxes across the country. Some of the notable measures we are keeping an eye on would raise new revenue for transportation at the state or local level, while others redirect existing dollars. We’ll tell you more about each as we approach election day.

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Is metro Atlanta vote a bellwether for transportation funding?

7 Aug 2012 | Posted by | 7 Comments | atlanta, ballot, featured, public transportation, referendum, transit, tv2012, vote

traffic jam on 85 outside atlanta The Atlanta region soundly rejected a penny sales tax to fund $7.1 billion in new transportation improvements for the traffic-snarled region. Coming on the heels of the passage of MAP-21, a federal bill indicating a shrinking federal role in transportation funding, many wondered: Will metro regions and localities be able to bootstrap their way out of congestion and mobility woes? Was the failure of Atlanta’s transportation vote a bellwether for votes in other states and metros?