Pay per Mile tax for Oregon

[Benton]

(05-21-2015, 09:47 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Well, they didn't really think it through. They hadn't raised the fuel taxes enough to compensate for the lower gas consumption and now their budgets are hurting. I mean, hybrids and electric cars cause just as much wear and tear as regular cars, so the funds are still needed, they just aren't getting the revenues anymore.

I did a piece on it back during cash for clunkers. Basically, it's 'if this works (more fuel efficient vehicles on the road), then we aren't going to be able to meet the road fund in 10 years, unless everyone starts driving 3-4 times as much.'

But for the last decade or so I've been preaching reform to how we allocate road dollars, both at the state and federal level. Repaving roads that don't need paving, or building roads that don't need built, instead of building up funds to replace an infrastructure that in many areas was put in place in the 1930s-1940s is ludicrous.