Portlanders divided sharply by geography on the local gas tax
Here are three details worth noticing in the map above.
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Here are three details worth noticing in the map above.
Ted Wheeler will lead Portland, and he’ll have some new money to play with too.
If a $5-per-month gas tax sounds expensive, an auto-dependent city is costing us much, much more.
The campaign will name a committee of backers Thursday.
Interest groups have all but coalesced support around gas tax.
Who pays gas taxes?
The new concept is a public vote for a temporary local gas tax of 10 cents per gallon.
He has been one of the most prominent backers of safety improvements to Foster Road, and also of a citywide street fund.
Portland’s big-sister city is doing something Portland hasn’t yet: charting a viable path to paying for its transportation goals.
How the street fee killed Portland bike share.
Portland Mayor Charlie Hales just announced plans to halt their upcoming vote on how to pay for new transportation revenue. The full press release is below: Portland Mayor Charlie Hales and Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick today temporarily halted the paperwork necessary to take an advisory vote to the May ballot, regarding options to pay for … Read more
1. Don’t tax houses to subsidize cars.
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