Around the country, voters said yes to supporting public transit.
Over 80 percent of pro-transit measures on ballots around the country won, reports Noah Kolenda in Mass Transit.
According to Kolenda, 13 of 16 transit measures passed, amounting to over $11.6 billion in transit funding. “Ballot measures ranged from bonds, millage funding and taxes to enshrine funding for agencies, to the establishment of a new regional transportation authority and adjusting policy to make building transit more streamlined.”
Voters in Albuquerque approved $1.63 million in general obligation bonds for transit property, vehicles, and facilities. In Kalamazoo, a successful ballot measure renews and increases a property tax for local transit. In Colorado’s Yampa Valley, voters approved the creation of a new regional transportation district.
FULL STORY: 2025 election results: More than 80% of U.S. public transit measures pass
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