Election day in November is important. Americans will decide between Obama or Romney. Houstonians & other members of the service area of the Metropolitan Transit Authority -Metro-will decide a referendum on whether or not Metro will continue to give Harris County & cities, including the City of Houston, 25% of the sales tax money raised for transit.
2012 General Mobility Program Referendum
In keeping with a promise METRO made to voters in the 2003 referendum, the agency will soon be asking the citizens of this region to vote on the future of METRO's General Mobility Program (GMP).
As spelled out in the 2003 referendum, this vote will seek a determination by voters regarding METRO's continuing support of the GMP, which is set to expire Sept. 30, 2014.
The GMP is funded by a 25 percent allocation from METRO's 1-cent sales tax revenue and pays for the construction and maintenance of:
Streets and roadways
Bridges and grade separations
Traffic-control signals
Sidewalks and hike and bike trails
Streetlights
Drainage improvements related to transportation facilities, streets, roads or traffic-control improvements
The other 75 percent of METRO's sales tax revenue goes toward METRO programs, including local and Park & Ride bus service, light rail, vanpool, HOV-lane operations and METROLift.
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