by Quintin McClellan | May 9, 2019 | Latest News, Missouri, State Legislation, States, Unsuccessful Ballot Initiatives
Missouri voters last year rejected a transportation funding measure despite the state’s $800 million annual shortfall for roads and bridges. Why? ARTBA’s “Transportation Investment Advocacy Center”™ (ARTBA-TIAC) in a new report explores how the $400 million annual...
by Carolyn Kramer | May 6, 2019 | Unsuccessful Ballot Initiatives
This measure would have amended Missouri statutes to fund the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s enforcement and administration of laws and traffic regulations. The funding would be provided by gradually increasing the state’s 17-cents-per-gallon motor fuel tax rate to...
by Justin Russell | Nov 9, 2015 | Georgia, Unsuccessful Ballot Initiatives
This ballot referendum campaign in Atlanta, Georgia failed to pass the “Special District Transportation Sales and Use Tax” in each of the ten counties in the Atlanta region, although it did pass within the limits of the City of Atlanta. Georgia is one of only a few...
by Justin Russell | Nov 9, 2015 | Florida, Unsuccessful Ballot Initiatives
This unsuccessful ballot referendum campaign in Hillsborough County, Florida failed to secure a transit sales tax measure in the November 2010 election. The Hillsborough County Commission passed this transit sales tax with a vote of five to two on May 13, 2010. As a...
by Justin Russell | Nov 9, 2015 | California, Unsuccessful Ballot Initiatives
This unsuccessful ballot referendum campaign in Los Angeles, California failed to approve Measure J—a sales tax extension proposal to fund local transportation projects. This measure did not receive 67 percent of the vote, and as a result, the measure was very...
by Justin Russell | Nov 9, 2014 | Louisiana, Unsuccessful Ballot Initiatives
The Louisiana Transportation Infrastructure Amendment was proposed to permit legislators to create a state infrastructure bank with public funds already being collected, from which local or parish governments could apply for low-interest loans to fund qualifying...
