Big regional employers and population growth in Washington County have made gridlock west of Portland an increasing issue. Officials think tolling is one solution. By Pat Dooris, Jamie Parfitt KGW News, March 26, 2024 PORTLAND, Ore. — Tolling in Oregon has become a bit like Schrödinger’s cat — at any given time, it’s simultaneously alive...
Bay Area transportation planners are studying a radical idea to reduce traffic congestion and fund driving alternatives: tolling all lanes on a freeway. Even more radical, the plan considers tolling parallel roads. March 21, 2023, Planetizen By Irvin Dawid The Bay Area’s newest express lanes, transportation jargon for a variably-priced toll lane that also permits carpoolers to...
Expanding unpopular tolls to fund multi billion dollar westside transportation projects By Holly Bartholomew West Linn Tidings, Dec 21, 2023 Updated Feb 2, 2024 While Oregon’s discussions on freeway tolling in recent years have focused almost entirely on I-205 and I-5 in the Portland area — a prospect that is not popular, particularly with Clackamas County residents...
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...
ODOT pushing ahead with tolls for I-205 and I-5 By Holly Bartholomew Sep 18, 2023 Portland Tribune Though Gov. Tina Kotek has put tolling on pause until 2026, the Oregon Department of Transportation is still moving forward with two projects (and a third in partnership with the state of Washington for the Interstate Bridge) that will...
This Dog and Pony Show that is difficult to watch Tualatin Chamber of Commerce August 14, 2023 Little things, when unattended, lead to bigger things… which can then lead to… well in this case, a bit of a Dog and Pony Show. The Interstate Bridge Replacement (IBR) has finally gotten bond approval from both Oregon...
Hartman: Impossible to toll I-205 bridge without causing irreparable damage Raymond Rendleman May 31, 2023 Portland Tribune An official for Oregon’s transportation agency acknowledged that ODOT’s overly bureaucratic attitude toward tolling freeways had “missed the mark” in earning the public’s trust and creating meaningful community engagement surrounding regional traffic issues. “We have to own a little...
Tuesday, the public comment period is now open for the I-205 toll project. Jules Rogers — Feb 21, 2023 (Portland Tribune) (ODOT graphic) Tolling in Oregon is moving forward — and coming soon to bridges along I-205. Tuesday, Feb. 21, the I-205 Toll Project Environment Assessment report from the Oregon Department of Transportation and the...
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