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Gov. Tina Kotek shelves plans for I-5, I-205 tolls in Portland area (www.oregonlive.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

All of that AND they didn't take into account the mass number of people going: "Hey Google, Avoid Tolls". Routing to side streets in Gladstone, Oregon City, West Linn and Lake Oswego.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Which is all the more evidence it's not about making the city work better for its inhabitants, it's about a revenue stream. Diverted traffic? Regressive costs for those most unable to avoid them? Corporate giveaway to the admin who runs tolling? What's not to like?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Yup, yup. Plus environmental costs as more traffic diverts to streets less capable of handling more traffic.

The tolling decision was moronic, glad to see it got killed.