by SRTC Staff | Jan 9, 2014 | Uncategorized |
If you think you pay a lot in taxes to keep up our state’s roads, take comfort in that you don’t pay as much as the folks in Delaware. Drivers there pay a bigger share of the state and local costs of keeping up roads than those in any other state,...
by SRTC Staff | Dec 30, 2013 | Uncategorized |
With transportation infrastructure falling apart before our eyes and little money to fix it, there has been much talk recently about modernizing the gas tax. It’s been at the same rate for two decades, at 18.4 cents a gallon for regular gasoline. The...
by SRTC Staff | Nov 22, 2013 | Uncategorized |
A proposed transportation funding package that would raise the gas tax by 11.5 cents over three years and spend $12.3 billion on transportation projects and maintenance of existing structures warranted four hours of discussion yesterday by the Senate...
by SRTC Staff | Sep 25, 2013 | Uncategorized |
This summer, Oregon’s legislature passed a bill creating a vehicle-miles-traveled (VMT) fee. This is a big step, as a fee like this has been discussed on and off for years as an alternative to gas taxes, which are bringing in less revenue as people drive less....
by SRTC Staff | Feb 20, 2013 | Uncategorized |
The Spokesman-Review reports that a major transportation plan to be unveiled today in Olympia will propose a 2-cent-per-year increase in the state’s gasoline tax. The budget plan, from House Transportation Committee Chairman Judy Clibborn, D-Mercer Island, will...
