Lawmakers likely to tweak bicycle tax in response to opposition
The tax will change, but not go away.
bicycle excise tax
Bike industry leaders oppose bike tax proposal amid push for alternatives
About $35 extra for the average new bike.
The latest on Oregon’s bike tax proposal from Street Trust policy director Gerik Kransky
To oppose and support something simultaneously can be quite tricky.
State eyes $131 million per year in new active transportation and safety funding
Let the lobbying begin.
A bike excise tax, losing the Lottery, and more Safe Routes: Our look at state transportation funding package
Would you accept a bike excise tax if it meant significant new funding for bike stuff?
Report reignites talk of bike excise tax – but advocates aren’t howling
The city’s bicycle advocates aren’t exactly thrilled by a 4% excise tax proposal. But perhaps surprisingly, they aren’t gasping in horror, either.
City Club research report strongly endorses bicycling
Read the report here. After a year of research, a 12-member committee of the Portland City Club released a report today titled, No Turning Back: A City Club Report on Bicycle Transportation in Portland. The 83-page report tackled nearly every major bicycling issue that Portland faces: From quantifying just how many people are riding, to … Read more
“Symbolic” bike tax proposed in Washington should sound familiar
Don’t forget to add tax.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Seattle Times reported today on a $10 billion transportation funding package introduced by state lawmakers. The package includes a provision that would levy $25 tax on the sale of all bicycles over $500. The tax would be one of six revenue streams and would be expected … Read more
In Clackamas County, bikes cause ‘considerable’ road damage
Doing some damage.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Reader Chris S. came across a story in The Oregonian yesterday that made him do a double-take. In a report about the ‘State of the County’ event held by the Clackamas County commissioners, the topic of bicycles came up. The event allowed citizens to ask commissioners any question they’d … Read more
How do you feel about a bike excise tax?
A bike tax has more supporters than you might think.(Photo © J. Maus) 2010 will be a year of major discussions about how to finance America’s transportation system. As the use of bicycles is taken more seriously and more money is spent on bike-centric facilities, calls for a revenue stream taken directly from people who … Read more
News analysis: BTA at a turning point with or without Bricker
[This story was co-written by Elly Blue and Jonathan Maus] Scott Bricker(Photos © J. Maus) Last week the Board of Directors of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) — Oregon’s largest bicycle advocacy organization — fired Scott Bricker after he served just two years as the organization’s executive director. “What’s going on down there?” we were … Read more
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