The New Jersey legislature on Jan. 11 overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure proposal to amend the state’s constitution to dedicate all motor fuel tax revenue—including the additional petroleum products gross receipts tax—to transportation [...]
Louisiana residents approved one transportation funding-related measure and declined another during the statewide election held Oct. 24. Constitutional Amendment 2, passed by voters 53 percent to 47 percent, authorizes the state treasurer to [...]
Michigan residents on May 5 failed to approve a ballot measure that would have resulted in an annual increase of $1.2 billion for highway and bridge investment and $130 million for transit and [...]
Voters in Atlanta, Ga. on March 17 overwhelmingly approved a $187.945 million bond in order to fund the city’s transportation infrastructure. Atlanta’s 2015 Special Election requested a total of $252 million for infrastructure [...]
The Michigan legislature December 19 approved a ballot measure for May 2015 that would result in an annual increase of $1.2 billion for highway and bridge investment and $112 million for transit and [...]
Strong leadership, voter trust and an emphasis on economic prosperity are three reasons a Forsyth County, GA commissioner believes a $200 million transportation bond was successfully passed by voters on November 4. In [...]
Voters across the nation again demonstrated they strongly support increased investment in transportation improvements, approving 63 of 94 (67 percent) transportation-related initiatives that were on the November ballot, according to a report from the [...]
The Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (TIAC) is tracking 42 state and local transportation funding related ballot initiatives that will come up for vote on November 4. Voters have already decided the fate of [...]
The TIAC staff researches and prepares detailed case studies of recent successful—and unsuccessful—state and local legislative and ballot initiative campaigns aimed at increasing transportation infrastructure investment. For each case, the studies dig into [...]
Funding for transportation investment continues to be a popular item at the ballot box. There are currently 76 highway, bridge and transportation revenue related initiatives up for vote in 2014. This includes seven [...]
