Monthly Archive for Transportation
Transportation Stories Posted in November 2007
Roads-and-transit package too big and too pricey, voters feared
Category: Transportation · State: Washington · Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Voters rejected the roads-and-transit proposal on the Nov. 6 ballot because they feared the package was too big and too expensive -- even though they weren't clear about just how much it would cost, according to a post-election survey released Wednesday.
Opinion: Virginia Johnson: Two extreme camps control transportation debate
Category: Transportation · State: California · Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel
I would like the public to know that I have been personally involved with the effort to craft a transportation ballot measure since 2003, the year prior to the demise of Measure J. I have heard all sides of the issues by participating in the 26-month Transportation Funding Task Force process and in 20 smaller caucus meetings attended by key stakeholders holding various opinions.
Political Gridlock
Category: Transportation · State: California · Source: Ventura County Reporter
This spring, Oxnard's iconic Wagon Wheel Motel shut its doors forever, as the Westlake Village-based Daly Owens Group completed plans for its 64-acre mixed-use project known as The Village. Depending who you ask, those plans are either a blessing for the city that a possible new ballot measure known as the Oxnard Traffic Initiative could kill, or the latest in a series of massive developments facing the city that could further bog down an already aggravating traffic nightmare.
Opinion: As We See It: TRANSPORTATION measure: End gridlock of special interests
Category: Transportation · State: California · Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel
Hopefully, this will be enough time for advocates of a $600 million transportation measure to rally public support.
Quality of roadways at heart of Measure D
Category: Transportation · State: California · Source: Santa Maria Times
Plans presented Thursday for spending Measure D monies - if Santa Barbara County voters renew that transportation tax next year - focus on highway and road improvements in the North County.
Groups criticize high-speed rail route to San Francisco Bay area
Category: Transportation · State: California · Source: The Mercury News
The director of California's high-speed rail board on Wednesday defended his recommendation of the Pacheco Pass as the primary route for bullet trains to the San Francisco Bay area, saying it was more efficient and environmentally sound.
Nickels wants new light rail vote next year
Category: Transportation · State: Washington · Source: Seattle Post-Inteligencer
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels says Sound Transit should rebound from Tuesday's drubbing at the polls and come back with a new light rail plan for voters on the 2008 ballot.
Ballot defeat puts lawmakers in spin over 520 Bridge
Category: Transportation · State: Washington · Source: Seattle Post-Inteligencer
The roads-and-transit ballot measure may be dead, but one of its star projects, a new Evergreen Point Bridge, has state officials scrambling to salvage the $4.4 billion needed for the project.
Proposition 1: Voters hit the brakes
Category: Taxes · State: Washington · Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Voters in the central Puget Sound counties were rejecting the biggest transportation tax proposal in state history, one designed to unite transit and highway advocates to improve regional traffic congestion.
Huge roads-transit plan gets trounced
Category: Transportation · State: Washington · Source: The Seattle Times
Voters rejected a multibillion-dollar regional roads-and-transit package on Tuesday, likely leaving state lawmakers with a transportation mess that could take years to sort out.
Mass transit plan makes waves in Seattle ecotopia
Category: Transportation · State: Washington · Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Whether you're talking about its lush, rain-drenched lawns or its pro-earth policies, Seattle ranks among the greenest of American cities. But to experience the beauty of the Emerald City, a gas-guzzling, air-polluting car is pretty much the only way to see it.
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