This Week in Passenger Transport
April 7, 2008
The Minneapolis-St. Paul region may see new rail lines and bus transitways as a result of a new dedicated sales tax in five Minnesota counties.
In February, the Minnesota State Legislature overrode the governor’s veto of a transportation bill that, among other provisions, gave commissioners of seven Twin Cities area counties the authority to decide whether to impose a new one-quarter-cent sales tax for public transportation. The tax is expected to bring in about $100 million a year for transit improvements, with collection beginning July 1.
The commissioners of Hennepin, Dakota, and Washington counties approved the tax on April 1; Ramsey and Anoka counties approved the measure the previous week. The two smallest counties in the region, Carver and Scott, did not approve the tax.
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