
Transit agencies across the Bay Area are confronting structural budget shortfalls as post-pandemic travel patterns continue to reshape commuting behavior.
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The assessment, covering the period from July 2021 to June 2024, was conducted by Sjoberg Evashenk Consulting and evaluated OCTA’s efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance in delivering transportation improvements funded through the half-cent sales tax initiative.
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Six years after a bill was soundly defeated by voters, the recently passed $3.1 billion “Choose How You Move” initiative will utilize a half-cent sales tax to fund expanded WeGo Public Transit services, as well as neighborhood transit centers, 86 miles of sidewalk improvements, and much more.
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In six years, Nashville’s WeGo Transit was able to lick their wounds after a soundly beaten ballot measure to pass a substantial referendum last November. In our latest edition of METROspectives, WeGo Transit CEO Stephen Bland joins METRO’s Executive Editor Alex Roman to discuss what changed over six years and much more.
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Voters once again voiced their overwhelming support for public transit by approving transit ballot measures across the country, with 46 of 53 measures for public transit in 2024 proving successful — an 86.7% win rate.
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If passed in November, the proposed ballot question would extend the current voter authorization for RTD to retain and spend all revenue without further voter approval.
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The levy would generate the public funding portion of the revenue to initiate the LinkUS Initiative, a comprehensive mobility solution to address growth, affordability, sustainability, and opportunity in our region.
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Voters continued to voice their overwhelming support for public transit by approving 14 out of 19 measures supporting public transit.
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The 189-page report provides an overview of the first five years of Measure M funding (July 2017 to June 2022), and a fresh approach to assessing sales tax revenue through an equity framework that focuses on people first and the role Measure M, and Metro by extension, play in quality-of-life outcomes.
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The I-405 Stride BRT project includes the S1 Line between Burien and Bellevue scheduled to open in 2028 and the S2 Line between Bellevue and Lynnwood scheduled to open in 2029.
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