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6 Transportation Ballot Initiatives to Watch Next Tuesday
Activists in Clayton County, Georgia, support a ballot measure that would connect the county with the regional transit system. Photo: STAND UP via Saporta Report Next week, voters in Maryland and...
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The Stakes Are High for Smart Transpo Policy in These 6 Races for Governor
Today, voters go to the polls to exercise their constitutional right to self-government — if their state hasn’t disenfranchised them with onerous voter ID laws, that is, and if they can get motivated...
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Don’t Drive? It’s Getting Harder to Vote in Texas
Today is the first federal general election since the Supreme Court struck down key portions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Texas and other states have taken full advantage of their new ability to make...
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Local Ballot Results: The Good, the Bad, and the Highway Money Grabs
While last night’s election is looking like decisively bad news for transit in the Senate and in several statehouses, the results from local ballot initiatives are a little brighter. Here are the...
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GOP Will Control the Senate in 2015. What Does It Mean for Transportation?
The forecasting models were right: As the polls closed last night it quickly became apparent that Republicans will gain control of the Senate, occupying at least 52 seats. The implications for...
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Top House Dem on Transportation, Nick Rahall, Lost His Seat. That’s OK.
Four years ago, another stunning night of GOP victories took out Representative Jim Oberstar, the Minnesota Democrat who chaired the House Transportation Committee. Had Oberstar kept his seat, the new...
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What the Results of 8 Governors’ Races Mean for Cities and Transit
Yesterday’s elections returned some of the nation’s most anti-urban, anti-transit governors to power in races where they were supposed to be vulnerable. Pro-transit candidates were unexpectedly routed...
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Pennsylvania’s New Governor Is Awesome
Here’s another race for governor with big implications for transportation policy: In Pennsylvania, businessman Tom Wolf handily beat incumbent Tom Corbett. Pennsylvania Governor-Elect Tom Wolf penned a...
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