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Revisiting Factors Associated with the Success of Ballot Initiatives with a Substantial Rail Transit Component, Research Report 10-13 San Jose State University SJSU ScholarWorks Mineta Transportation Institute Publications 6-1-2011 Revisiting Factors Associated with the Success of Ballot Initiatives with a Substantial Rail Transit Component, Research Report 10-13 Peter J. Haas San Jose State University, [email protected] Katherine Estrada Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/mti_publications Part of the Transportation Commons Recommended Citation Peter J. Haas and Katherine Estrada. "Revisiting Factors Associated with the Success of Ballot Initiatives with a Substantial Rail Transit Component, Research Report 10-13" Mineta Transportation Institute Publications (2011). This Report is brought to you for free and open access by SJSU ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Mineta Transportation Institute Publications by an authorized administrator of SJSU ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. MTI Revisiting Factors Associated with the Success of Ballot Initiatives with a Substantial Rail Component Transit Revisiting Factors Associated with the Success of Ballot Funded by U.S. Department of Transportation and California Initiatives with a Substantial Department of Transportation Rail Transit Component MTI ReportMTI 10-13 MTI Report 10-13 June 2011 MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE MTI FOUNDER Hon. Norman Y. Mineta The Norman Y. Mineta International Institute for Surface Transportation Policy Studies was established by Congress in the MTI BOARD OF TRUSTEES Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA). The Institute’s Board of Trustees revised the name to Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) in 1996. 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With the active assistance of the California Research Director Jan Botha, Ph.D. Taeho Park, Ph.D. Civil & Environmental Engineering Organization and Management Peter Haas, Ph.D. San José State University San José State University Education Director Katherine Kao Cushing, Ph.D. Diana Wu Donna Maurillo Enviromental Science Martin Luther King, Jr. Library DISCLAIMER Communications Director San José State University San José State University The contents of this report reflect the views of the authors, who are responsible for the facts and accuracy of the information presented Brian Michael Jenkins Dave Czerwinski, Ph.D. herein. This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers National Transportation Security Center Marketing and Decision Science Program and the California Department of Transportation, in the interest of information exchange. This report does not necessarily San José State University reflect the official views or policies of the U.S. government, State of California, or the Mineta Transportation Institute, who assume no liability Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Ph.D. for the contents or use thereof. This report does not constitute a standard specification, design standard, or regulation. National Transportation Finance Center REPORT 10-13 REVISITING FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUCCESS OF BALLOT INITIATIVES WITH A SUBSTANTIAL RAIL TRANSIT COMPONENT Peter J. Haas, Ph.D. Katherine Estrada, M.P.A. June 2011 A publication of Mineta Transportation Institute Created by Congress in 1991 College of Business San José State University San José, CA 95192-0219 TECHNICAL REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE 1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient’s Catalog No. CA-MTI-11-2911 4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date Revisiting Factors Associated with the Success of Ballot Initiatives with a Substantial June 2011 Rail Transit Component 6. Performing Organization Code
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