* Oregon - Selects 3 private partners for
-- The state of Oregon has chosen three private partners with whom drivers can enroll their vehicles as part of the state’s pay-by-the-mile road tax system... “Oregon is pioneering the nation’s first pay-by-the-mile road usage charge system. We now have three trusted private partners on board — Azuga, Sanef and Verizon Telematics — that Oregonians can choose from when they volunteer to enroll their vehicles in OReGO,” said Jim Whitty, manager of the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding. “It’s a huge step for Oregon and the nation” ... Participants in program, named OReGO, which launches July 1, are volunteering for the program and will be charged a per-mile fee, then either receive a credit or a bill for the difference in gas taxes paid at the pump... Several states — including Washington, California, Idaho, Colorado and others — are considering similar pay-by-the-mile road usage charge systems... Oregon has already conducted two pilot projects to test road usage charging, which led the 2013 Legislature to create the OReGO program and launch it statewide with up to 5,000 volunteer vehicle owners starting in July...
(Photo: An Oregon coastal road: Bend before Feast Portland) -- Portland, ORE, USA - The Trucker News Services - 29 April 2015Labels: infrastructures funds
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