Approved projects include $101,000 for reduced-cost transit in a Michigan town and $14 billion for regional transit in the San Francisco Bay Area.
“Voters across the country are choosing public transit,” APTA President and CEO Paul Skoutelas told Smart Cities Drive in an emailed statement. As of Nov. 5, 21 out of 27 transit measures on the Nov. 3 ballot have passed, with five declined and one yet to be decided.
“Including measures passed earlier this year, voters approved more than $31 billion in revenue dedicated to public transit,” Dan Zukowski writes for Smart Cities Drive. Projects include $101,000 for reduced-cost transit in a Michigan town and $14 billion for regional transit in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Earlier this year, voters passed 34 of 39 transit measures, according to the American Public Transportation Association Center for Transportation Excellence. Those measures included a 30-year sales tax extension in two California counties and a 0.2% municipal tax increase in Athens, Ohio.
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