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1 | Major transportation referenda on the ballot, 2018 | |||||||
2 | by Yonah Freemark | @yfreemark | thetransportpolitic.com/elections/ | |||||
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4 | Location | Referendum name | Referendum type | Result | Details | More info | Polls close | |
5 | Arlington County, Virginia | County Bond | Bonds for transportation investments | Passed | About $7 m in annual funding for multimodal transportation investments; funding supports contribution to Metro and street improvements. | Link | 7 pm ET | |
6 | Austin, Texas | Prop. G. | Bonds for transportation investments | Passed | Funding over ten years at about $16 m a year for multimodal improvements. Most funding for street, sidewalk, and signals investments. | Link | 8 pm ET | |
7 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | MOVEBR Sales Tax (December 8) | 1/2-cent sales tax increase | TBD | $30 m in annual revenues for multimodal transportation investments, totalling $805 m; projects improved streets and traffic signalization. | Link | 9 pm ET | |
8 | Broward County, Florida (Fort Lauderdale) | Sales Tax | 1-cent sales tax increase | Passed | Funding would raise $357 m a year, or $16 b over 30 years, for multimodal improvements throughout the county. Could fund improvements for roads as well as additional bus service and new light rail services (on Broward Blvd, University Dr., SR 7). | Link | 7 pm ET | |
9 | California (statewide) | Proposition 6 | Fuel tax and vehicle fee repeal | Failed | Would repeal gas tax increase and vehicle fees passed in 2017 | Link | 11 pm ET | |
10 | Collier County, Florida | Sales Tax | 1-cent sales tax increase | Passed | Would fund $70 million in annual investments in improved roads infrastructure. | Link | 7 pm ET | |
11 | Collin County, Texas | Prop. A, B | Bonds for road investment | Both passed | Prop. A would support the construction of a $600 m new roadway; Prop. B would support $140 m in arterial road improvements over 10 years. | Link | 8 pm ET | |
12 | Colorado (statewide) | Prop. 109 Bond Issue for Transportation | $3.5 b in transportation projects | Failed | Roads construction, renovation, and expansion | Link | 9 pm ET | |
13 | Colorado (statewide) | Prop. 110 Bond Issue and Tax Increase for Transportation | $6 b, including 0.62¢ sales tax | Failed | 45% safety/maintenance/congestion; 40% municipal/county projects; 15% bike/pedestrian/transit | Link | 9 pm ET | |
14 | Connecticut (statewide) | Lockbox | Transportation Lockbox | Passed | Transportation revenues would have to be spent only on transportation | Link | 8 pm ET | |
15 | Flagstaff, Arizona | Prop. 419, 420, 421 | Sales tax propositions for new roads funding, bridges, and transit improvements. | 419, 420 Passed; 421 Failed | Prop. 419 would fund road/bike/ped work; 420 would fund a new bridge; 421 would increase transit service. | Link | 9 pm ET | |
16 | Hillsborough County, Florida (Tampa) | Sales Tax (#2) | 1-cent sales tax, 30 years | Passed | 45% for transit (to HART); 55% for roads/bridges/sidewalks/bike lanes | Link | 7 pm ET | |
17 | Maine (statewide) | Question 3 | $106 m in bonds | Passed | 75% highways/bridges; 19% multimodal; 6% other | Link | 8 pm ET | |
18 | Marin County, California | Measure AA | 1/2-cent sales tax renewal | Passed | 30-year funding to renew Measure A, raising $27 m/year, for improving Highway 101, improving transit. | Link | 11 pm ET | |
19 | Michigan (statewide) | Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act | 10% excise tax on marijuana products | Passed | Would fund about $35 m in roads improvements. | Link | 8 pm ET | |
20 | Missouri (statewide) | Proposition D | 10¢ gas tax increase (among other things) | Failed | Money from revenue increase, about $288 m a year, would go to state highway patrol | Link | 8 pm ET | |
21 | Pima County, Arizona | Prop. 463 | Bonds for road reconstruction | Failed | Funding would go to increased support for road reconstruction, raising $36 million a year and $430 m total. | Link | 9 pm ET | |
22 | Roaring Fork, Colorado | Ballot Issue 7A | Property tax increase of 2.65 mills | Passed | Would fund improvements for transit, bike, and pedestrian uses, raising about $9 m a year. | Link | 9 pm ET | |
23 | St. Lucie County, Florida | Amendment 14 | Sales tax increase over 10 years | Passed | $19 m in annual revenues would fund investments in roads, bike, and pedestrian infrastructure. | Link | 7 pm ET | |
24 | San Benito County, California | Measure G | 1-cent sales tax increase | Passed | Funds would extend for generation transportation improvements, raising about $16 m annually. | Link | 11 pm ET | |
25 | San Jose, California | Measure T | Bonds for road reconstruction | Passed | Funding for road improvements on exising streets; could raise about $8 m a year, producing about $650 m in bonds. | Link | 11 pm ET | |
26 | San Mateo County, California | Measure W | Sales tax increase | Passed | Sales tax would raise about $80 m a year for 30 years for multimodal transportation improvements. 60% of funding to go to transit improvements; 5% for bike/ped investments | Link | 11 pm ET | |
27 | Scottsdale, Arizona | Question 1 | 0.10% transactions tax for transportation | Passed | 10 years of funds for transportation purposes. | Link | 9 pm ET | |
28 | Thurston County, Washington (Olympia) | Prop. 1 | 0.4% sales tax increase | Passed | $18 m in annual funds would support improved transit system. | Link | 11 pm ET | |
29 | Washington (statewide) | Initiative 1631 | Carbon Fee (starting at $15/ton) | Failed | 70% to clean air/clean energy (including transit); 25% clean water/forests; 5% communities | Link | 11 pm ET |