Metropolitan Transportation Commission accounting a mess because it comingles different portions of the tolls By Daniel Borenstein | dborenstein@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group December 6, 2024 — The Mercury News About $73 million of Bay Area bridge toll money that voters approved in 2018 for public transit and freeway improvement projects has instead been diverted to pay for...
Future rates to be reduced and rise at a slower rate under TxDOT Thursday, October 10, 2024 — ABC 13 News HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Drivers heading down Highway 288 in Harris County could soon see tolls reduced after the state acquired the toll road, officials with the Texas Department of Transportation said in an Oct. 8 news...
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...
Gorsek and McLain push for new tolls & expanded commuter rail in 2025 session By Peter Wong Portland Tribune — Feb 12, 2024 Lawmakers seek a study of little-used freight rail corridors in the Portland metro area — plus a new look at commuter rail between Wilsonville and Salem — as part of a planning effort for...
Vote Before Tolls initiative aims for November 2024 ballot By Holly Bartholomew Canby Herald Feb 2, 2024 As the Oregon Department of Transportation plans to toll I-205 and I-5 beginning in 2026, a group of Clackamas County residents is hoping to stop the agency in its tracks. The Vote Before Tolls initiative, which organizers are hoping to place...
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...
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...
State needs $1.1 billion annually for road maintenance in spite of record revenues By John Ley for Clark County Today Wednesday, October 18, 2023 “Washington’s transportation system is on a glidepath to failure” the Washington State Transportation Commission (WSTC) members were told at the beginning of their monthly meeting in Olympia. The cry for more tax...
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...
No need to toll I-5 Bridge Replacement By John Ley – Portland Tribune letter As the Oregon legislature and governor haggle over funding transportation, there is no real need for tolling on the Interstate Bridge Replacement (IBR). The IBR has only a “conceptual design.” It’s impossible to know the cost of any specific component, let...
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