Cross-posted from the Advocacy Advance blog

As the federal funding landscape changes, more states, regions and cities are looking for local sources of critical transportation dollars. As a result, there has been a recent surge of transportation ballot measures across the United States. In November, over $90M was won for bicycling and walking at the ballot box.

For some communities, pairing transit with pedestrian and bicycle projects or roadways are the best way to achieve success at the ballot box. Other cities are required to go with a multimodal ballot measure by a government body. Either way, the rising trend in the United States show that successful ballot meaures include bicycle and pedestrian projects -- and there is great potential to build partnerships between transit and active transportation advocates at the state and local level.

On April 15, Advocacy Advance partnered with the Center for Transportation Excellence (CFTE) and the National Alliance of Public Transportation Advocates on a webinar designed to provide advocates with the necessary tools to take a transportation ballot measure from an idea to a winning measure. 

We have been partnering with CFTE since last year's Transit Initiatives and Communities Conference. Advocacy Advance awarded scholarships to 9 advocates working on ballot measures in their community and further supported some of the campaigns with Rapid Response Grants, including Alameda County, Atlanta, Boulder, Greenville, St. Louis and Tucson.

"Going Multimodal at the Ballot Box" was the fifth webinar in CFTE's Six Stops to Success ballot measure webinar series and featured Brighid O'Keane, Advocacy & Programs Director for the Alliance for Biking & Walking and Advocacy Advance providing a historical overview of multimodal ballot measures and Dave Campbell, Advocacy Director at the East Bay Bicycle Coalition sharing EBBC's campaign in Alameda County, CA and tips for finding what's right for your city.

• Download a recording of the webinar here.
• Download Brighid's slides here.
• Download Dave's slides here.

Is your community proposing a ballot measure for transportation this year? Learn how other bicycle and pedestrian advocates have been successful in their campaigns, and talk to the Advocacy Advance team about how a Rapid Response Grant can support your efforts.