ELECTION RESULTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY

As has often been the case in recent years, voters in the November 1999 elections sent mixed signals concerning rail transit. Colorado voters overwhelmingly endorsed a much-debated Southeast Corridor light rail extension in Denver. On the other hand, five other light rail projects went down to defeat: Hampton Roads, Virginia; Columbus, Ohio; Aspen, Colorado; Kansas City, Missouri; and Orlando, Florida. In a major tax revolt, Washington State voters approved an initiative to repeal the state's motor vehicle excise tax. This brief also highlights a federal court decision blocking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from imposing tougher air pollution controls on ozone and particulates; accommodating older drivers; the sale of SR91 Express Lanes facility in Orange County, California; and "pay as you go" auto insurance.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Urban Mobility Corporation

  1634 I Street, NW, Suite 500
  Washington, DC  United States  20006-4003
• Publication Date: 2000-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • Innovation Briefs
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Urban Mobility Corporation
  • ISSN: 1071-393X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged drivers; Air pollution; Automobile insurance; Court decisions; Express lanes; Light rail transit; Pollution control; Privatization; Public opinion; Public participation; Rail transit; Regulatory constraints; State highways; Taxation
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Uncontrolled Terms: Elections
• Geographic Terms: Aspen (Colorado); Columbus (Ohio); Denver (Colorado); Hampton Roads (Virginia); Kansas City (Missouri); Orange County (California); Orlando (Florida); Washington (State)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00790705
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 18 2000 12:00AM