Public confidence in transit funding increasing

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The voting public is increasing their confidence in funding transit initiatives nationally.



Per Trains NewsWire

Transit ballot initiatives end year on high note

WASHINGTON – Nearly 70 percent of public transit ballot initiatives were approved throughout 2013, according to the American Public Transit Association. Seven initiatives appeared on the Nov. 5 ballot across the country and six of those have passed while another was narrowly defeated.

"The high passage rate of these initiatives demonstrates voters trust their public transit agency with their hard earned tax dollars to make their community better and more inviting to all," says American Public Transportation Association President and CEO Michael Melaniphy. "Year in and year out voters support public transit because they see the impact these systems have on their communities."

Among the rail-related transit initiatives, was in Maine, where in a statewide referendum voters approved passed a multimodal transportation bond package worth $100 million with 72 percent of the vote. The funding will be used for reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges; work on facilities or equipment related to ports, harbors, marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads, aviation, and transit; and to match an estimated $154,000,000 in federal and other funds.

For a complete list of 2013 transportation state and local ballot initiatives, go to the Center for Transportation Excellence web site at www.cfte.org.

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Nice! If Jacksonville could have a more transit oriented version of the Better Jacksonville Plan...