Governors in Oregon and New York stop unpopular congestion tolling John Ley for Clark County Today Thursday, June 6, 2024 Tolling cars and trucks to pay for mass transit was killed in New York City this week by New York Governor Kathy Hochul. The congestion pricing scheme was going to charge car drivers $15 each...
John Ley & Lars Larson talk about paying three times the amount borrowed for the TNB Borrowing $684 million from Wall Street and the payoff could end up being $2 billion. “We could have purchased 3 bridges for what we’re paying for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.” This is because the state chose to borrow the...
Kotek said she still wants Oregon and Washington to use tolls for the planned replacement I-5 bridge, but the broader plan to toll I-5 and I-205 should be scrapped. Author: Anthony Macuk (KGW), KGW Staff Published: March 11, 2024 PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek appears to be pulling the plug on a plan to toll...
The study was sponsored by West Linn, Oregon City, Tualatin, and Wilsonville by: Michaela Bourgeois KOIN News — Feb 26, 2024 PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – After Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek postponed the Oregon Department of Transportation’s proposed tolling program until 2026 after receiving negative public feedback, a new survey found that a majority of Oregon voters...
Bridge tolls would begin in April 2026 during construction and run for 35 to 40 years Monday, February 26, 2024 By John Ley for Clark County Today Six years ago, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) created a “Value Pricing” Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) to discuss tolling issues and allow for public input. That process...
The current threat tolling brings to freedom of movement in Oregon Kevin Hoar, Dean Suhr and John Ley engage in a 73 minute discussion about tolling in Oregon. You’ll hear about how the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) brought the possibility of tolling to the Portland metro area. When the CRC “failed”, politicians worked behind the...
Higher maximum tolls are meant to deter some drivers from using toll lanes By Mike Lindblom Seattle Times staff reporter BOTHELL — Along with three rows of “$10.00” in lights, Interstate 405 drivers on a crowded morning can see what looks like moss growing on the white signs above. Those green edges underscore how the maximum...
An inevitable byproduct of tolling on I-205 and I-5 will be “toll diversion,” changes to traffic as drivers attempt to avoid paying the fees. By Evan Watson, Jamie Parfitt, KGW TV Published: February 13, 2024 THE STORY SALEM, Ore. — As the Oregon Department of Transportation pushes ahead with plans to toll Portland-area interstates, many metro...
By Martha Schrader Jan. 12, 2024 Portland Tribune Clackamas County residents and elected officials on Jan. 6 drove their message home about the negative impacts of ODOT’s proposed I-205 tolling plan at the listening session in Gladstone hosted by our legislature’s Special Subcommittee on Transportation Planning. In two hours of impassioned testimony, we...
‘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...
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