Councilor thinks Metro should run regional VMT tax and tolling program
Metro plans our regional transportation system. Should they also charge users to help pay for it?
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Metro plans our regional transportation system. Should they also charge users to help pay for it?
A group of seven lawmakers want to rewrite existing law and prevent the Oregon Department of Transportation from establishing a tolling system on Interstate 205, unless all the funds to go widening the freeway. When the Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 2017 (“Keep Oregon Moving”) in 2017 they directed the Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC, the … Read more
It’s not easy to make an Oregon Department of Transportation official sound like a progressive on any transportation issue; but that’s exactly what U.S. Congressman Peter DeFazio did at a House Transportation Committee hearing in Washington D.C. yesterday where the veteran lawmaker’s skepticism around congestion pricing was on full display.
The feds will now have their say.
The shape of the debate is forming.
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