Election Day 2016 marked a new era of hope for the U.S. mass-transportation construction sector—and it went beyond presidential promises. On that day, voters around the country approved $170 billion worth of ballot measures, largely state or sales-tax increases, specifically for transit.
“It was historic,” says Art Guzzetti, vice president of policy for the American Public Transportation Association. While the percentage of transportation-related ballot success was consistent at 70%, “what was different last year is the number of really big measures and the amount of money marked specifically for transit.”