I just now caught up with Antiplanner’s analysis.

Among the good…

Portland-area voters rejected TriMet’s “bus” bond measure (that did not require that the money be spent on buses). Suburban voters, at least, are fed up with the high cost of rail, and saw through TriMet’s attempt to close some of the funding gap for one of its rail projects by asking voters to approve funds for buses.

Among the bad….

# Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown was returned to the California governorship. Brown is a smart-growth enthusiast and rail supporter.

….California also rejected proposition 23, which would have deferred the state’s draconian greenhouse gas reduction policies until the economy recovers.

Randal O’Toole adds that California is the “big question,” since the defeat of Prop. 23 means means it will remain in recession for the foreseeable future.

No mention of the the Republican sweep here in N.C., though I’m sure rail advocates and smart growth enthusiasts don’t like it.