2011 09: Voting Results on Transportation Ballot Measures

The chart confirms what many of us already suspect, namely that our region's voters are more willing to tax themselves to support transportation. The gap between the San Francisco Bay Region and the state average is most noticeable with respect to rail improvements financed by general obligation bonds. The greatest gap occurred in November 2008, when 62 percent of Bay Area voters supported Proposition 1A, the high-speed rail bond, versus only 53 percent statewide. On the other hand, Bay Area voters are less supportive than the average Californian towards measures aimed at protecting local and state transportation funding from being diverted to other purposes.