Smart Growth at the Polls

National news reports of last Tuesday’s election focused on the New Jersey and Virginia governor’s races and the congressional race in upstate New York. But smart growth and rail transit played a role in several local races.

First, Peter Brown, a candidate for mayor in Houston, had made smart growth the centerpiece of his campaign. A member of the city council, Brown put more than $3 million of his spouse’s money into the race and polls favored him to win a plurality of voters, which would have put him into a runoff with the second out of four major candidates if Brown didn’t win an outright majority.

As it turned out, Brown came in third after another city official (who happens to be gay) and a black civil rights activist. Opinions vary on why the results differed from the polls — Brown got only 22% when the polls said at least 24% were for him, while the other candidates all got more than polled — but at least this is not a ringing endorsement for smart growth.

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In Indiana, a proposal to create a regional transit district that was promising to increase rail service was soundly trounced at the polls. This was clearly expected by Senator Luke Kenley, a local legislator who insisted that the plan be referred to the voters. But, as usual, rail supporters aren’t giving up, figuring they just need “to find a better way to tell the public what a good idea this is.”

Streetcar plans were a big issue in at least three mayors races: Charlotte, Cincinnati, and Boise. The pro-streetcar candidates apparently won in all three elections — though some pointed out that low voter turnouts don’t mean that the majority really support sinking millions into trolley cars. In Boise, at least, the winning candidate had promised to submit the issue to voters. If that happens, the result might be very different, as polls showing that only 36 percent of Boise voters support the streetcar and 50 percent oppose.