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November 7, 2019

$30 car tab measure passes, billions to be cut

  • Sound Transit stands to lose about $328 million a year, or about 11% of its annual revenue, according to a state analysis.
    • By LISA BAUMANN
    Associated Press

    SEATTLE — Washington state voters have approved a measure cutting car tabs to $30, heartily endorsing an idea that has been around for decades in a move that will cut billions of dollars from transportation budgets and leave governments scrambling for a way to pay for road paving, light rail and other projects.

    Initiative 976 had a healthy lead after early returns Tuesday night and continued to pass by large margins as votes were counted Wednesday. King County, the state's most populous, was rejecting I-976 but most other counties were approving it.


     
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