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Roadbuilding
OReGO partners with three businesses to manage accounts, collect road user fees
Three private businessesāAzuga, Sanef and Verizon Telematicsāare now ātechnically certifiedā to manage Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) OReGOĀ accounts, collect road user fees and deposit them into the State Highway Fund. Created by Oregon Senate Bill 810, OReGO allows ODOT to charge a per-mile fee for volunteer motorists and is the first program of its kind [ā¦]
April 28, 2015
Roadbuilding
Oregon DOT starts second year of U.S. 26 Mount Hood Safety Project with blasting
A blasting near Government Camp, Ore., April 21 began the second year of work on the Oregon Department of Transportationās (ODOT) Mount Hood Safety Project, an effort designed to limit falling rock issues along an 8-mile area of U.S. 26. Work first began last year and will carry on from April to October this year, [ā¦]
April 27, 2015
Roadbuilding
Oregon names its voluntary pay-as-you-drive highway usage tax. Meet OreGo
Oregonās Road Usage Charge Program (RUC) is officially titled OreGoĀ and will start implementation July 1 this year. Created by Oregon Senate Bill 810, the RUC allows the Oregon Department ofĀ Transportation to charge a per-mile fee for volunteer motorists. The charge is 1.5Ā cents per mile, but only 5,000 cars and light-duty commercial vehicles (with lessĀ than 10,000-pound [ā¦]
February 22, 2015
Construction Equipment
Residents of small Oregon town use bulldozer, snow to fight and contain large fire
With no fire department of their own, the residents of a small town in central Oregon banded together in sub-zero temperatures last week to fight a large fire, using whatever was at their disposal. According to a report from KTVZ TV, the blaze began in the early hours of December 31 with temperatures at -11 [ā¦]
January 8, 2015
Roadbuilding
More states ban ET-Plus guardrail system
The list of state department of transportations to have removed the controversial guardrail end-terminal model (ET-Plus) from its approved highway-products list continues to grow. Ten states (and counting) Ā have now removed the model, including Vermont, Hawaii, Colorado,Ā Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Nevada, Oregon and Virginia. The ET-Plus model has a steel fixture that is meant [ā¦]
October 24, 2014
Roadbuilding
Move over gas tax: California could move to VMT fee
California is considering switching from a state gas tax to a vehicle-miles-traveled (VMT) fee, our sister site Overdrive reports. The stateās Senate approved SB 1077 this month. The legislation would require the California Transportation Agency (CTA) to create a voluntary user fee pilot program by 2016, but CTA would not be allowed to collect fees. [ā¦]
June 14, 2014
Roadbuilding
Dangerous tunnel āgameā ends in vehicular crash, multiple injuries
Youāve probably heard the old superstition about holding your breath through a tunnel for good luck ā or maybe you play it as a game with your family. I know Iāve attempted to not breathe for fun if going through a short tunnel with friends. But I would never try to hold my breath until [ā¦]
May 28, 2014
Construction Equipment
How to harvest Christmas trees with a helicopter
Weāre not sure how many Christmas tree harvesting videos youāve seen, but you probably havenāt seen one involving a helicopter. This video was shot at Noble Mountain Christmas Tree Farm in Oregon. Oregon is the nationās largest producer and exporter of Christmas trees and this farm makes quicker work of their job by employing a [ā¦]
December 23, 2013
Business
New bill would nearly double the federal gas tax to better fund transportation
While one duo of Congressmen contends that the gasoline tax should reduced by 80 percent and federal transportation funding eliminated altogether, another lawmaker has introduced a bill that would nearly double the gas tax, according to a report from The Hill. In a little more than a two week span weāve seen just how differing [ā¦]
December 5, 2013
Roadbuilding
11 States with the Highest Texting-While-Driving Fines
Most drivers probably know by now that itās not a great idea to text while driving. But that isnāt stopping all drivers from from using phones behind the wheel. Each day, about 660,000 drivers in the U.S. use a phone or other electronic device while driving, Mother Jones reports. The report also notes that 385 [ā¦]
October 28, 2013
Roadbuilding
Suburbs become more bicycle friendly
Many young Americans are driving less than in previous years, and cities are reacting by adding more options, including bike and pedestrian paths. So itās no surprise that when the League of American Bicyclists released its latest list of Bicycle Friendly Communities (BFC) on Tuesday, the association announced that suburbs had joined other communities on [ā¦]
October 15, 2013
Roadbuilding
Fun With Road Signs
While running the Emerald City Half Marathon in Dublin, Ohio, in late August, I managed to pass the miles by reading the amusing signs spectators made to cheer on friends and family ā and the funny signs that some runners wore themselves. (I love wearing my shirt that bears the phrase, āIn my dreams, I [ā¦]
September 3, 2013
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