“Oregon System” Sends Governor Back to Square One
By Naomi Inman The final signatures were plunked down on December 30—down on…
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Spending Solutions for ODOT’s Spending Problems
By Naomi Inman The Oregon Legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation Funding will consider…
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John Charles’ Testimony Re: ’25 Special Session Transportation Funding
Testimony of John A. Charles, Jr.Regarding LC 2Before the Joint Interim Committee on…
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The Tapeworm Eating ODOT’s Record Gas Tax Revenue
By John A. Charles, Jr. Governor Tina Kotek has called a special session…
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Metro Should Reject the Burnside Bridge Road Diet
By Connor Roberts The new “Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge” lane designs, backed with…
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Voters Aren’t Interested in New Transportation Taxes
By John A. Charles, Jr. The Oregon legislature ended on June 27 without…
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From Gas Tank to Paycheck: Oregon’s Plan to Tax Everything That Moves
By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Executive Summary Three major transportation funding proposals are circulating…
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Roads Are Infrastructure Worthy of Investment
By Micah Perry The Oregon Transportation Commission recently decided how to allocate $412…
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Metro’s Mission Creep
By Vlad Yurlov Metro is expected to spend over $1.4 billion this fiscal…
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