Transportation
3 tracked measures relating to transportation, in 2 states.
Topic labels are applied by this site to group related measures. They are a navigation aid, not a legal classification, and they are not assigned by any state.
Arizona
2 measures
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On the ballot
Proposition 141 would amend the Arizona Constitution to bar state and local governments from taxing or charging a fee based on the number of miles a vehicle travels, and from limiting or…
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On the ballot
Proposition 319 would enact a state statute barring an Arizona city, town, or state agency from beginning a new photo-radar or red-light camera enforcement program unless it has a signed…
Colorado
1 measure
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On the ballot
This initiated constitutional amendment would require the state and local governments to spend transportation-related revenue only on road transportation, beginning January 1, 2027. Covered…
About transportation ballot measures
Measures carrying this tag concern how people and goods move and who pays for the systems that carry them: highway and bridge construction and maintenance, transit operations and expansion, rail, ports and airports, vehicle registration and fuel taxes, tolling authority, and the trust funds that hold the money.
Nearly every transportation question is ultimately a financing question, and the distinctive feature of the category is the dedication clause. Fuel taxes and vehicle fees are commonly locked by a state constitution to transportation uses only, so measures here frequently either create such a lock, loosen one, or extend it to a new revenue source. That is why an apparently technical amendment can matter a great deal: it determines whether a future legislature may move the money to something else during a budget shortfall.
What to read for: whether the measure raises revenue, dedicates revenue already collected, or authorizes borrowing against it; which modes qualify — highways only, or transit, rail, and bicycle and pedestrian projects as well; how the money is split between state and local control; whether the authority sunsets; and what the state's fiscal analysis estimates it will raise or cost. The fiscal impact section on each measure page reproduces that analysis where one exists.
Wording, numbering, and certification status are set by each state and can change up to the printing of the ballot. Every summary above links to the records it was built from; where those records disagree with this page, the records govern. Confirm the final ballot text with your state or county election authority before you rely on it.