Issue / Ballot Measures
Webinar: Transportation at the Ballot Box: Austin’s Project Connect
Oct 22, 2020 | Madeline GormanOn November 3, in addition to the Presidential race and slew of gubernatorial, state legislative, and mayoral elections, voters across...
Webinar: Transportation at the Ballot Box: Portland’s Get Moving 2020 Initiative
Oct 09, 2020 | Madeline GormanOn November 3, in addition to the presidential race and slew of gubernatorial, state legislative, and mayoral elections, voters across...
Webinar: Ballots for Buses: Local Option Transportation Sales Taxes in California
Sep 17, 2020 | Madeline GormanCalifornia counties have held nearly 100 elections over four decades to consider imposing local option sales taxes (LOSTs) to fund...
Transportation Ballot Measures Face COVID-19 Era Test in Ohio
May 01, 2020 | Romic AevazOhioans cast their ballots in the state’s primary election on Tuesday, April 28. Originally scheduled for March 17, the election had...
COVID-19 Crisis Casts Uncertainty Over Fate of 2020 Ballot Measures
Apr 24, 2020 | Romic AevazThe COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a reconsideration of nearly all aspects of the November 2020 elections, from campaigning and...
Transit and Road Measures Fare Well, but State Revenue Collection Takes a Hit: Takeaways from Election Night
Nov 08, 2019 | Romic AevazThroughout 2019, voters in 31 states decided on over 200 transportation-related ballot measures totaling nearly $19 billion in...
Rideshare Taxes, State Revenue Limits, and Major Transit Bonds: Top 10 Ballot Measures to Watch in November
Oct 31, 2019 | Romic AevazThis November —in addition to a slew of gubernatorial, state legislative, and mayoral elections—voters across 20 states will decide...
New GAO Report Finds Issues, Posits Few Solutions
Jul 26, 2019 | Robert PuentesJuly 26, 2019 Support for capital investments in public transit is high in the United States. Evidence for this can be found in...
Spotlight on Measure M
Jul 26, 2019 | Robert PuentesThis week, Eno released an important new paper from UCLA’s Michael Manville about one of the most significant transportation ballot...
Measure M: Lessons from a Successful Transportation Ballot Campaign
Jul 23, 2019 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONIn November 2016, voters in Los Angeles County resoundingly approved a ½ cent sales tax increase to finance local transportation...
Eno Releases Issue Brief on 2018 Transportation Ballot Measures
Jan 09, 2019 | Alexander LaskaJanuary 9, 2018 Voters across 34 states approved nearly $41 billion in new transportation investments last year, according to Eno's...
Baton Rouge Voters Pass Sales Tax Increase; Voters Have Now Approved $40.89 Billion for Transportation in 2018
Dec 14, 2018 | Alexander LaskaDecember 10, 2018 Voters in Baton Rouge, LA, approved over the weekend a 30-year, half-cent sales tax increase to fund road...