Oregon’s bike tax receipts reflect pandemic-era boom
The $1.2 million the state raised with the tax in 2022 is exactly what economists predicted it would collect when they pitched it in 2017.
Oregon bike tax
Bill adds ‘humans’ to legal definition of taxable bicycle in Oregon
Here’s something light to end the week…
Your bike tax at work: State of Oregon unveils new ‘Community Paths’ grant program
Here’s what the State of Oregon is doing with that tax you pay on the purchase of new bicycles: The Oregon Department of Transportation has just launched a new program that could provide an estimated $14 million to multi-use path projects statewide. The Oregon Community Paths program is the evolution of the active transportation portion … Read more
Oregon bike tax revenue ticks up, but still short of expectations
The latest receipts from Oregon’s bicycle excise tax show that revenue is still lower than lawmakers hoped for. The $15 tax on new bicycles was one of several taxes passed by the Oregon Legislature in 2017 to raise revenue for transportation projects and programs. It went into effect on January 1st, 2018 and is collected … Read more
Oregon’s bike tax revenue is far below expectations, while admin overhead is going up
Receipts going down, admin overhead going up.
Oregon’s new bike tax: $77,000 in receipts and $47,000 to collect them
It’s not meeting revenue expectations and it’s costing more to collect than expected.
Oregon’s expanded bike tax passes out of committee with unanimous support
“It strikes me as arbitrary and capricious. Which is what this has felt like all along.”
Oregon mulls bike tax expansion that would include more kids bikes, recumbents, and folders
The State of Oregon wants to make the bike tax simpler and more expansive.
Oregon bike tax is coming: Here are a few quirks in the law and how shops feel about it
Will it be worth the proverbial “seat at the table”? Will it suffice as “skin in the game”?
Bike maker Santa Cruz will match bike taxes paid in Oregon, then donate to MTB trail groups
“Buy a Santa Cruz, We kick in $15, nobody dies of dysentery.”
Comment of the Week: Legs of steel and the e-bike