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Earl Blumenaur: Slowest Big Brother Ever?
The Daily Journal of Commerce reports that our intrepid Congressman is sponsoring a bill that would look at a national study along the lines of ODOT’s pilot program to use in-car GPS systems to track Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) to allow a VMT tax as an alternative to the gas tax. But all of you…
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Transportation Package Deal Breaks Down?
Friday brought the news that former Sate Sen. Gary George is starting a referral drive to repeal the gas tax increase that was one of the cornerstones of the transportation package adopted by the Legislature. This is somewhat surpising because supposedly the anti-tax groups agreed to hold their fire in exchange for the Newberg-Dundee bypass…
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Governor Signs Transportation Bill: Some Cheer, Some Cry
Coverage by the Business Journal. Good news for local governments looking for money for potholes. Bad news for environmentalists. It appears that the anti-tax folks have been bought off by the Newberg-Dundee bypass funding in the bill (one of the reasons to cry). I heard some early rumblings that some environmental organizations might try to…
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Listen to Oberstar on Transforming Transportation
Via Planetizen: A transcript and audio file of House Transportation Chair James Oberstar discussing transportation policy.
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An Interesting Suggestion from Congressman DeFazio
Lost in the hubub last week around Light Rail and Streetcar, here’s an interesting suggestion made by the Congressman: replenish the Highway Trust Fund with a transfer tax on crude oil securities.