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Oregon gives owners of fuel-efficient vehicles a choice: higher registration fee or mileage fee
Oregon drivers will not only pay a higher gas tax starting in January but those driving fuel-efficient vehicles will have a higher registration fee to account for the lower amount of gas taxes they pay. Fuel-efficient vehicle drivers, however, will have the option to pay a lower registration fee, if they sign up for the […]
December 27, 2019
Roadbuilding
Oregon road-charging program OReGO gets $4.9 million boost
Oregon’s road-charging program – designed to find an alternative funding source to the gas tax – has received two U.S. Department of Transportation grants totaling $4.9 million. The pilot program called OReGO charges drivers by miles driven in exchange for state gas-tax credits. One of the grants involves implementing a joint project with California to […]
October 13, 2017
Roadbuilding
Oregon’s road usage charge system OReGO partners with emovis to manage driver accounts
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has certified emovis to manage the accounts of drivers using the state’s road usage charge program OReGO used to gather revenue for the State Highway Fund. The voluntary program, launched in July 2015, is used to charge participants a fee per mile–drivers receive a credit or bill for fuel […]
January 26, 2017
Roadbuilding
Oregon DOT projects decreasing agency revenue due to slowing fuel tax collections
While the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) expects a 5.6-percent increase in fuel tax revenue for 2016, it is projecting a slowdown in this growth through 2019, with a decline in collections starting 2020. In its report, “The Future of Transportation Funding: The Forecasted Decline of Motor Fuels Tax and Potential Alternatives,” ODOT says the […]
September 23, 2016
Roadbuilding
Eight state DOT projects receive federal grants to explore alternative Highway Trust Fund revenue
The Federal Highway Administration announced eight projects that have been awarded a combined $14.2 million in Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives (STSFA) grants to investigate “alternative revenue mechanisms” as means of sustaining the Highway Trust Fund. Last year’s Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act established the STSFA. The program is designed to fund projects that […]
September 1, 2016
Roadbuilding
OReGO marks one-year anniversary as Oregon’s road usage charge pilot
The Oregon Road Usage Charge Program, known as OReGO, recently hit its one-year anniversary with 1,025 active vehicles participating in the program, just 20 percent of the limit the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) set last year. Participants in the program, which began July 1, 2015, pay 1.5 cents per mile for driving distances logged […]
August 17, 2016
Roadbuilding
Oregon’s pay-as-you-drive usage tax program gathers 801 volunteers in first month
The Oregon Road Usage Charge Program, known as OReGO, only managed 801 volunteers in its first month, a mere 16 percent of the total 5,000 cars and light-duty commercial vehicles that are being allowed in the program this year. On a positive note, 44 percent, or 355, of those signing up had vehicles in the […]
August 7, 2015
Roadbuilding
Oregon’s $343.5 million transportation funding legislation effort stalls
Transportation funding legislation that would have raised gas taxes and motor vehicle fees to generate roughly $200 million for road and bridge projects failed to even arrive on the Oregon general assembly floor for a vote last week. Total funding including other programs would have reached $343.5 million. “Everyone worked hard. We made a lot […]
June 30, 2015
Roadbuilding
OReGO partners with three businesses to manage accounts, collect road user fees
Three private businesses—Azuga, Sanef and Verizon Telematics—are now “technically certified” to manage Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) OReGO 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 […]
April 28, 2015
Roadbuilding
Oregon offers online calculator so drivers can see what they’ll owe in upcoming pay-as-you-go road usage program
OReGO, Oregon’s voluntary Road Usage Charge Program, offers an online calculator to help determine what a drive would pay under the program compared to existing gas taxes. This is in integral part of the program, as participants can receive a refund if they pay more in gas taxes than they do in the program. Conversely, […]
March 11, 2015
Roadbuilding
OreGO pay-as-you-drive usage tax to be powered by IMS/Sanef ITS telematics system
Technology from Intelligent Mechatronic Systems (IMS) and Sanef ITS will operate the Oregon Department of Transportation’s voluntary road usage program OReGO. The pay-as-you-drive usage tax is set to start July 1. The companies announced the IMS DriveSync telematics platform will be used in connection with Sanef ITS’ road charging infrastructure to track driver mileage. The […]
March 4, 2015
Roadbuilding
Oregon names its voluntary pay-as-you-drive highway usage tax. Meet OreGo
Oregon’s Road Usage Charge Program (RUC) is officially titled OreGo and will start implementation July 1 this year. Created by Oregon Senate Bill 810, the RUC allows the Oregon Department of Transportation to charge a per-mile fee for volunteer motorists. The charge is 1.5 cents per mile, but only 5,000 cars and light-duty commercial vehicles (with less than 10,000-pound […]
February 22, 2015
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