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Thursday’s Headlines Get Results

Election results, that is. Find out what happened with Tuesday's transit referendums all over the country.

By Blake Aued

12:00 AM EST on November 10, 2022

Photo: Seattle Chamber

Planetizen has a roundup of results for dozens of state and local votes on transportation, land use and climate change issues — and marijuana.
California voters rejected a tax on the wealthy to subsidize electric vehicles, while voters in San Francisco approved a car-free JFK Promenade and a transit funding measure. Oakland passed a bond issue for street repairs, but Fresno voters declined to renew a transportation tax, and Sacramento voters didn’t want to enact a new one. (Streetsblog CAL)
The metro Detroit counties approved a property tax hike to fund transit. (Detroit News)
Massachusetts voters approved a tax on millionaires to fund education and transportation. (MassLive)
A Denver sidewalk-funding measure passed narrowly. (Denverite)
Two Austin suburbs voted not to withdraw from the Cap Metro system. (KUT)
By a 19-point margin, Orange County, Florida voters rejected a penny sales tax for transportation. (Orlando Sentinel)
After a long court fight to even get it on the ballot, Hillsborough County voters also rejected a similar tax measure, leaving the future of Tampa transit in doubt. (Tampa Bay Times)
President Biden tried to sweet-talk oil companies into lowering prices before he publicly threatened them with a windfall tax. (Washington Post)
Boeing is urging the Federal Aviation Administration to strictly regulate air taxis like commercial jets instead of small planes, because they’d regularly fly over urban areas. (Reuters)
Micromobility companies can do a better job of protecting users’ data. (Smart Cities Dive)
Electric cars are not the only type of electric vehicle. (Treehugger)
A New York-based startup produces tiny solar-powered cars for tooling around cities. (Electrek)

Blake Aued

Blake Aued has been doing Streetsblog's daily national news digest for years. He's also an Atlanta Braves fan, which enrages his editor in New York.

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