4/21: Hello readers and friends. I'm still recovering from a surgery I had on 4/11, so I'm unable to attend events and do typical coverage. I'll post as I can and should improve day-by-day. Thanks for all your support 🙏. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
“I don’t want to sound like ‘Johnny-one-note’ with our cycling agenda, but burning calories instead of fossil fuel is something that will make a difference right now.” -Earl Blumenauer Thanks to inflation and the war in Ukraine, gas prices have hit record highs, and in the car-dependent United States, a lot of people across the … Read more
If a $5-per-month gas tax sounds expensive, an auto-dependent city is costing us much, much more.
A bipartisan legislative committee will be chosen in a few weeks.
Guess what each one does for a living.
Who pays gas taxes?
The new concept is a public vote for a temporary local gas tax of 10 cents per gallon.
Subscriber AJ Zelada thinks the gas tax is a “snake eating its own tail.”