Tone-deaf misfits take victory lap on regressive tax By Mike Lawler — NY Post Published Jan. 7, 2025 With congestion pricing now underway, the tone-deaf misfits at the MTA are taking a victory lap on just about every news network they can, touting how visionary their regressive tax is while claiming it will lead to better...
Be concerned about TOLLING proposals in the 2025 Oregon Legislature McLain wants to modify your behavior Monday December 30, 2024 By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com (Above is New York’s congestion price toll plan) By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com STEP #1 • NY Governor proposed congestion price tolls • Kotek proposed congestion price...
Westneat: Bring on the infinity tolling June 8, 2024 Cars head south on Highway 167, just south of Interstate 405, as the toll flashes $5.50. The max toll was raised recently to $15, and it was reached on a recent day before 3 p.m. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times) By Danny Westneat Seattle...
California Toll Road Sees Thousands of Charging Mistakes By THOMAS BUCKLEY APR 18, 2024 This is no way to run a toll road. Last fall, it was alleged that the San Diego Association of Government operations of the State Route 125 toll road system was riddled with errors, leading to wrong charges, diverted driver...
Urges the governor and state officials to kill these proposals permanently Monday April 15, 2024 By Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer Press Release, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), who led the federal charge against tolling along I-5 and I-205 in the Portland metro area, released the following statement after Governor Tina Kotek announced her decision to halt the plans. “This...
‘Twas the night before Christmas as told by Vote Before Tolls Committee ’Twas the night before Christmas, and all though the landODOT was scheming, with a toll plan so grand;The Interstates and highways were not to be spared,nor new bridges of grandeur, lest ODOT’s coffers be bare; The ’17 legislature met and set up a...
Lars — Northwest Nonsense “Boondoggle Bridge 2.0” Lars Larson — December 18, 2023 I hear plenty of foolish celebration of the news that Oregon & Washington’s latest attempt to bridge the Columbia River for Interstate five just got a 600 million dollar gift from the already broke Biden administration. What a fraud on the taxpayers,...
Revenues not keeping pace with inflation due to increases in vehicle fuel efficiency By Jim Redden Dec 6, 2023 Portland Tribune The vast majority of Pamplin Media Group readers are opposed to tolling freeways in the greater Portland region to finance improvement projects and reduce congestion, according to a recent unscientific online survey. The Oregon...
IP-4 will guarantee a Vote Before Tolls By Tootie Smith Nov 28, 2023 Portland Tribune Plans are underway to toll the essential freeways we rely on every day in Clackamas County for our transportation needs, but we can stop it! Some people might not know this, but the Portland metropolitan area is already under study...
Tolling won’t relieve traffic congestion — we need new lanes and vehicle capacity Oregon Catalyst — Wednesday August 30, 2023 By Oregon State Representative E. Werner Reschke Roads. We all need them. We all use them. But how do we make sure Roadways are adequate to meet our transportation needs? The problem occurs when the...
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