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...
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...
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,...
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...
The Issue: New Jersey’s lawsuit against New York to stop the Manhattan congestion-pricing plan. Re: Nicole Gelinas’ piece “Jilting Jersey” (PostOpinion, July 24), she’s darned right — and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is right on the money. New Jersey has good reason to sue New York over congestion pricing. According to Gov. Hochul’s press...
FHWA charged with rubber stamping process By Priscilla DeGregory — NY Post July 21, 2023 New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block a contentious plan to impose the nation’s first congestion pricing toll system on some of Manhattan’s busiest streets. The Garden State governor’s suit in New Jersey federal...
ODOT says rising construction costs and a delay in the start of regional freeway tolling have created funding gaps for both the Rose Quarter and I-205 projects. By Anthony Macuk (KGW) June 28, 2023 SALEM, Ore. — The Interstate Bridge Replacement Program secured a key piece of funding this week to keep the project on track, but...
Long-time Clark County citizen and journalist Marvin Case shares his thoughts on tolling and light rail Marvin Case Vancouver resident As published in Clark County Today I think the concept of tolling I-5/I-205 in Oregon should be decided by a vote of the people. It is a very big governmental step and should be decided...
Skepticism from Governor Tina Kotek and state legislators about the Oregon Department of Transportation’s tolling plans may have lasting impacts. By TAYLOR GRIGGS — Portland Mercury May 9, 2023 Construction on I-205 at the Abernethy Bridge. OREGON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION To toll or not to toll? That is the question du jour for the Oregon...
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