Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Elections

Communities Vote to Tax Themselves to Support Transit

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 9, 2012 | No Comments

In addition to some of the high-profile measures that we covered already, Election Day brought many successes on some smaller ballot initiatives. According to the Center For Transportation Excellence, pro-transit campaigns had an 80 percent success rate this year at the ballot box, with more ballot measures coming up for a vote than any previous […]

Mixed Bag for Closely-Watched Local Transit Races

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 7, 2012 | No Comments

Last night delivered some good results — and some disappointment — for transit-related ballot initiatives around the country. The biggest disappointments came from Los Angeles, Memphis, and Houston. A measure to continue the half-cent sales tax for transit in Los Angeles County until 2069 was narrowly defeated, falling less than two percent short of the […]

Election Reveals Who Will Shape the Next Transportation Bill

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 7, 2012 | No Comments

Yesterday’s election made history on many different fronts: gay marriage, immigration, consumer protection, and more. But America also voted to maintain essentially the same balance of power in Washington that has brought about so much gridlock. In the transportation arena, that gridlock meant three years of dithering on a national bill and, ultimately, a new law […]

Where to Get Your 2012 Transportation Ballot Results

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 6, 2012 | No Comments

It’s Election Day — finally! The top of the ticket has sucked most of the oxygen out of the room, but don’t forget that there are 19 transportation-related measures on ballots across the country. So far this year, pro-transit measures have an 86 percent success rate at the ballot, and there are more transportation amendments being […]

Election Day Open Thread

By Ben Fried | Nov 6, 2012 | 15 Comments

Leave your hopes, fears, predictions, and polling place observations in the comments.

Survey: See Which Candidates Favor New Transit Funding and Speed Cams

By Brad Aaron | Nov 5, 2012 | No Comments

Races for the White House and Congress aren’t the only ones on the ballot tomorrow. Though as usual there aren’t many competitive contests for State Senate and Assembly, voters who are interested in transportation funding and safer streets should check out a candidate survey released over the weekend by the New York Bicycling Coalition, the Straphangers Campaign, Transportation Alternatives […]

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