Ballot Box Financing for BikePed Projects

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Ballot Box Financing for Bike/Ped Projects

• Jason Jordan
• Center for Transportation Excellence
• www.cfte.org

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Transit Vote 2006 Overview

• 2006 Total
• 54 Ballot Measures
• 18 States
• 7 Statewide
• 47 Local
• 37 Approved
• 69 Approval Rate
• 79.6 Approval w/o California Supermajority
• 43 Billion in Funding
• All Statewide Measures Pass

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Transportation, Choice Win at the Polls

• 70 Approval Rate for Transportation Measures
• Twice the Approval Rate of All Ballot Measures
• Success Across Region, Population, Party
  Affiliation

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The Rise of Ballot Box Finance

• Ballot Measures 2000 2006
• Successful Measures in 33 States
• 250 Ballot Measures
• 100 Billion in New Investment

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Finance Measure Trends

• Property Tax Measures are Most Successful
• 80 Approval Rate
• Numerous Tax Extensions Due
• Strong Approval Rate for Extensions
• No New Tax Argument
• Bonds Dedicated Funding More Common for
  Statewide Ballots

• 80 of all Trans Measures Focus on Finance
• Sales Tax Measures are Most Common
• 40 of all measures 1/3 of all successful
  finance measures
• Majority of Local Funding
• 54 Approval Rate Since 2000

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06 Case StudiesLocal Focus on Bike/Ped

• Honolulu, HI
• 72 Support Bike/Ped City Charter Amendment
• Seattle, WA
• 9-yr. 544 Million Property Tax for Transit,
  Trail, Safety Improvements
• Boulder, CO
• Narrow Loss for Dedicated Sales Tax to Transit
  Trails

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06 Case StudiesMaking Bike/Ped Part of the
Package

• Tucson, Arizona
• Half Cent Sales Tax
• Estimated 2.1 bil.
• 10 for Bike/Ped
• 550 miles of Bike Lanes Trails
• Orange Co., Calif.
• 30-yr. Half Cent Sales Tax
• Estimated 11.86 bil.

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06 Case StudiesStatewide Opportunities (and
Threats)

• Minnesota
• Constitutional Amendment Dedicates 300 million /
  yr. to transportation
• California
• Historic Statewide Bond
• 37bil. Infrastructure
• 20bil. Transportation
• 300mil. TOD
• 850mil. In-fill

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Ballot Box Finance Issues for Bike Advocates

• Getting a Fair Share
• Leveraging Political Popularity
• Finding Vehicles for Policy Change
• Dealing with Resource Competition
• Understanding Impacts on Planning

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For more information ...
Jason Jordan Center for Transportation
Excellence jjordan_at_cfte.org Visit www.cfte.org
for details on transit ballot measures and
elections.