Article: Tax hike may resolve transit crisis.(Briefs)(Chicago, Illinois. Transit Authority)(Brief article)

Article: Transit backers try a new tack; Sales tax proposal for train line revamped
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Wisconsin Regional Transit Authority is to consider...a three-county sales tax for trains and...in backing the sales tax. But Torres, who...appointee to the transit authority, said he was under...enough to justify a sales tax, while funding...possibly ...

Article: Leaders react to proposed sales tax hike
Naperville Sun, The (IL);  June 12, 2007 ;     423 words ......75 percent sales tax would jump...25 percent sales tax to the Regional Transit Authority. The Regional Transit Authority oversees...the Chicago Transit Authority. The umbrella...to have a sales tax in our community...

Article: Utah approves light-rail line; awaits federal funds.(Utah Transit Authority)
The Bond Buyer;  June 1, 1995 ;     412 words ......calls for the Transit Authority to issue $25 million...would come from sales tax revenues. Ground...federal funds, the Transit Authority might issue grant...a quarter-cent sales tax increase to pay...9 million. The Transit Authority's annual $56 ...

Article: PATRICK MCILHERAN Transit authority? Try sugar
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 7, 2008 ;     659 words ......need a regional transit authority. I think most...existing regional transit authority has proposed...let it levy a sales tax. The chamber...So, we need a transit authority. Why? Well, because...nearly broke. A sales tax could save it...'s asking for a ...

Article: WISCONSIN: RTA May Vote on Sales Tax.
The Bond Buyer;  January 3, 2007 ;     156 words ...The Wisconsin Regional Transit Authority may vote next week to ask...authority to impose a new sales tax for a commuter train line...RTA said it is considering a sales tax as one option. Others include...property or gas taxes. The sales tax plan calls for an increase...

Article: San Bernardino, Calif., agency plans vote to prepare first issue under transit plan. (San Bernardino County Transit Authority)
The Bond Buyer;  November 20, 1991 ;     537 words ......Bernardino County Transit Authority is planning its...is a half-cent sales tax increase that...will be enough sales tax money to cover...San Bernardino transit authority sold $30 million...to the county transit authority this week, according...allocation ...

Article: Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee sales tax faces fresh opposition
Daily Reporter (Milwaukee);  January 28, 2009 ;     553 words ...A new sales tax in southeastern Wisconsin...district won't support a sales tax. Lehman last year...never levied its own sales tax, stands as the likely...he said. "So the sales tax recommendation, in...and I think the sales tax makes more sense...district ...

Article: RTA gets creative in search for cash ; Agency mulls sale/leaseback program.(Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority)(Brief Article)
Crain's Cleveland Business;  October 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ......changing hands.'' The transit authority is considering the...because Cuyahoga County sales tax revenue, which makes...receives 1% of all sales tax generated in Cuyahoga...revenue from county sales tax, off about 3% from...they had projected a sales tax ...

Article: SALES TAX ON BALLOT IN BUTLER.(CENTRAL ZONE)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  May 3, 2001 ;     350 words ......percent increase in sales tax revenue to provide...Butler County Regional Transit Authority. The money is needed...raise the county's sales tax to 5.75 percent from...for the county's Transit Authority. ''It would be 75...

Article: Business owners split over WTA tax issue: Transit taxes have passed in nine of 10 votes since I-695's passage; Tri-Cities was only area to defeat tax increase.(Whatcom Transit Authority)
Bellingham Business Journal;  March 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......whether the sales tax should be raised...the Whatcom Transit Authority, several other...increase in the sales tax since I-695...Benton-Franklin Transit Authority in the Tri-Cities...whether the transit authority should do more...the Vote No Sales ...

Article: Regional Transit Authority voice isn't singular, Milwaukee supervisors say
Daily Reporter (Milwaukee);  January 18, 2007 ;     606 words ......have a voice on the Regional Transit Authority. "The county executive does...County would not support a sales tax" on the RTA commission because...proposed creating a 0.5 percent sales tax increase in Milwaukee, Racine...would continue opposing the sales tax unless the ...

Article: TRANSIT PLAN WOULD START WITH RAIL COUNTY RESIDENTS WOULD VOTE ON HIKE IN SALES TAX.(METRO)
The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  June 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ......to pass. For the Regional Transit Authority to move forward, state approval...a doubling of the county sales tax. The RTA agreement announced...the system. * The Regional Transit Authority needs to be approved by the...hopefully within 2007. * Sales tax revenue for ...

Article: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Refunding $111 Million.
The Bond Buyer;  May 9, 2003 ;     463 words ......Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority will sell $111 million of...with historic declines in sales tax revenue used to secure its...used to refund Series 1993A sales tax bonds. Richard Marsh, manager...160 million of new-money sales tax bonds. Marsh said plans ...

Article: PUBLIC VOTE ON SALES TAX EYED FOR '08 OFFICIALS SAY FEDERAL DOLLARS SOUGHT FIRST.(METRO)
The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  June 29, 2007 ;     503 words ......to increase the county sales tax to fund a regional transportation...next year. The Federal Transit Administration told local...intend their Regional Transit Authority agreement, announced...a countywide Regional Transit Authority and funded with an additional half-percent ...