Measuring Up: The Trend Toward Voter Approved Transportation Funding

This report by the Surface Transportation Policy Project finds that voters across the country are increasingly being asked to approve new funding measures for transportation at the polls. It places these ballot measures in the broader context of transportation finance, and sets forth five criteria to help voters and policy-makers evaluate pending and future ballot measures through an in-depth review provided by five case studies. The report makes a series of recommendations for improving transportation finance.