Delaware 2013 Bicycle Friendly State “Report Card”
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By Denis Cuff
Contra Costa Times
11/07/2012
A measure to double Alameda County’s transportaton sales tax to a full 1 cent was narrowly failing at the polls, but the outcome could change when a large number of mail-in ballots are counted.
With all precincts reporting, Measure B1 garnered 65.5 percent of the vote — short of the 66.6 percent or two-thirds majority needed to pass, according to unoffical results Tuesday.
There are many ballots yet to be counted — mail-in ballots and absentee ballots turned in at polling places Tuesday.
Alameda County election officials said the uncounted ballots could amount to as much as 25 percent of the total votes. .
The measure would make the sales tax permanent and would raise $7.8 billion over 30 years to boost spending on roads, freeways, public transit, bicycle and pedestrian improvements, and transit-oriented developments.
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How on earth can anything get accomplished when it requires 2/3?? Should the ballot lose this closely, 1/3 will be deciding the transportation future for everyone. This defies any sense of logic. Should be simple majority.
Bike computers weigh too much. That would have cut into how many Dick’s Milk Shakes we could cosnume. Seriously, it’s hard to believe no one had a computer. Anne has one on her bike even, but was using a spare wheel w/ no sensor. Hmmmm maybe Julian’s iPhone surreptitiously tracked our route?