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Local Transportation Sales Taxes: California's Experiment in Transportation Finance (Detailed Research Findings)

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  • Crabbe, Amber
  • Hiatt, Rachel
  • Poliwka, Susan
  • Watts, Michael

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In the mid-1980's, the California legislature began authorizing sales taxes for transportation projects in individual counties. Since then, residents of 18 counties - representing 80% of the state's population - have voted to raise their sales taxes for limited periods to pay for county and city ground transportation improvements. Collectively, these "local transportation sales taxes" (LTSTs) generate roughly $2 billion per year for the support of capital investments in new highways and transit systems and the maintenance and operation of existing ones. Since their inception, these taxes have been the fastest-growing source of revenue for transportation in California and have become a major tool with which local civic and political leaders bypass obstacles in the state's system of transportation finance and decision-making.

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  • Crabbe, Amber & Hiatt, Rachel & Poliwka, Susan & Watts, Michael, 2002. "Local Transportation Sales Taxes: California's Experiment in Transportation Finance (Detailed Research Findings)," University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers qt0h31d7zv, University of California Transportation Center.
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    1. Adams, Matthew & Hiatt, Rachel & Hill, Mary C. & Russo, Ryan & Wachs, Martin & Weinstein, Asha, 2001. "Financing Transportation in California: Strategies for Change (Final Draft)," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings qt7fh2v7zd, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley.
    2. Goldman, Todd & Corbett, Sam & Wachs, Martin, 2001. "Local Option Transportation Taxes in the United States (Part One:," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings qt7j11q63q, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley.
    3. Goldman, Todd & Corbett, Sam & Wachs, Martin, 2001. "Local Option Transportation Taxes in the United States," University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers qt2g61665m, University of California Transportation Center.
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    1. Robert Hannay & Martin Wachs, 2007. "Factors influencing support for local transportation sales tax measures," Transportation, Springer, vol. 34(1), pages 17-35, January.

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