
The package would fund alternative transportation by instituting a payroll tax of one-tenth of a percent of wages. In 2018, officials expect to raise $103 million for public transit in metro areas and rural communities.
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The bill would raise the transient accommodation tax paid by visitors from 9.25% to 12% for 10 years.
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Completion of Oahu's rail project is already two years behind schedule and the cost has risen to roughly $6.5 billion — an increase of more than a billion dollars.
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Overall, HART has collected a total of $1.52 billion in surcharge revenue for the rail project, which is about 39 million, or 1.18%, below projections.
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Rich Davey said plans for a $2.2 billion commuter rail extension and fixing the system without raising new taxes will be difficult.
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Plans to reduce about 16% of service as of September. Funding from a temporary Congestion Reduction Charge expired and voters rejected a county proposition that would have sustained the service and increased funding for roads and bridges.
Read More →An opposition group asserts that Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority could operate more efficiently by cutting staff and other costs.
Read More →High-speed rail projects across the U.S. were subject to a recent hatchet job on CNN, courtesy of Anderson Cooper and a reporter who hid several key facts, making the projects seem like a waste of money for something nobody wants.
Read More →It calls for the expansion of Marion County’s under-funded bus system and a rail line.
Read More →Dianne Falk received praise from a paratransit driver after she and her husband Stuart appear in campaign posters for a tax to pay for transit. The Falks got involved in the campaign after the service to their nursing home was eliminated due to budget cuts.
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