Transportation Initiative In the News

Media Coverage

• Orlando Sentinel (09/16/22) Orange debuts map showing benefits of sales tax bump
• Orlando Business Journal (09/16/22) Orange County creates interactive dashboard for transportation sales tax projects
• West Orange Times & Observer (08/20/22) Opinions differ on transportation tax
• Orlando Business Journal (07/28/22) Community Impact: Transportation, Orange County's biggest needs include transit, roadway projects, pedestrian safety and new technology
• The Community Paper (07/26/22) $21.4 Billion for Central Florida transportation?
• Orlando Business Journal (07/22/22) How Orange County infrastructure will benefit from proposed penny sales tax hike
• Orlando Business Journal (07/20/22) Proposed Orange County sales tax hike faces economic headwinds. Here's why.
• Orlando Business Journal (07/04/22) Orlando highlights top road projects for coming decade
• Orlando Business Journal (07/01/22) Orange County transportation sales tax would make Orlando more accessible for people with disabilities
• Orlando Business Journal (06/01/22) How Orange County’s transportation sales tax would tackle metro’s dismal bike and pedestrian safety rating
• El Nuevo Día (05/15/22) Vital for Orange County to Improve Transportation
• Orlando Sentinel (05/01/22) Orange County: Compromise key in getting tax on ballot, 1% for transportation
• WESH (04/27/22) Penny sales tax to appear on Orange County ballot in November
• Florida Politics (04/27/22) Orange County Commission greenlights Jerry Demings' transportation tax referendum
• Orlando Sentinel (04/26/22) Sales tax proposal to be on ballot, Commissioners choose to let voters decide on transportation—benefiting idea
• WFTV (04/26/22) ‘We need it’: Orange County commissioners vote to put penny tax hike on ballot
• Spectrum News 13 (04/24/22) Last chance for Orange County to weigh in on penny sales tax
• ClickOrlando (04/24/22) Orange County commissioners to vote on mayor’s transportation tax this week
• ClickOrlando (04/21/22) Orange County leaders discuss future of area transportation system
• ClickOrlando (04/21/22) ‘The time is now:’ Orange County mayor makes final push for transportation tax ahead of final vote
• WFTV (04/21/22) “We must act now”: Mayor Demings pushes penny sales tax hike ahead of key commission vote
• Orlando Business Journal (03/24/22) SunRail attracts $1.8B+ in transit-oriented projects
• Bungalower (03/22/22) County leaning hard into Transportation Tax initiative again
• Orlando Sentinel (03/22/22) Adviser: Tax hike would cost taxpayers $390 a year
• ClickOrlando (03/14/22) ‘If not now, then when?’ Demings pitches Orange transportation sales tax amid high fuel prices
• Orlando Sentinel (03/14/22) Officials signal support for Demings' sales tax plan for transportation
• WFTV (02/24/22) Orange County’s newest sales pitch: higher taxes, more transit
• The Florida Sun (02/24/22) Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings Launches Transportation Initiative Online and In Person
• The Apopka Voice (02/17/22) Orange County launches transportation initiative online and in-person
• Orlando Sentinel (02/17/22) Demings plans ‘open houses’ ahead of push for transportation sales-tax bump
• Orlando Business Journal (01/25/22) Orange County rolls out plan for possible transportation penny sales tax hike
• Spectrum News 13 (01/25/22) County considers asking voters to approve sales tax increase to fund transportation initiative