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On Tuesday, voters across the country weighed in on several transit ballot measures. Here’s a round-up of how votes were cast:

• San Francisco voters approved a ballot measure aimed at improving the San Francisco Municipal Railway. The Emissions Reduction and Transit Reform Charter Amendment will “reform” the agency’s top management team; require Muni to create a Climate Action Plan by Jan. 1, 2009, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the city’s transportation sector; enable the agency to keep 80 percent of the money it receives from parking revenue, rather than distributing half of it to the general fund; and remove a charter-imposed salary cap.

• Voters in Mecklenburg County, N.C., opposed the repeal of the existing half-cent sales tax that funds Charlotte Area Transit System services, which soon will include light rail.

• Voters in two of three northern Utah counties approved a sales tax increase that will help fund 35 road and transit projects in Weber and Davis counties, and commuter-rail expansion in Box Elder County.

• Voters in Washington’s King Snohomish and Pierce counties defeated Proposition 1, the Roads & Transit ballot, which called for boosting sales and car-tab taxes to add 50 miles of light-rail lines and expand commuter-rail service for Sound Transit, and expand and improve Seattle-area highways.