Might have a hope of turning Kotek and a bunch of others out of office if this and the gas tax are on the November ballot.
Kotex’s transportation plan: 6-cent gas tax increase, registration fee hikes and doubled transit tax
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/07/23/koteks-transportation-plan-6-cent-gas-tax-increase-registration-fee-hikes-and-doubled-transit-tax/
The plan she laid out on Wednesday includes:
Increasing the state’s 40-cent gas tax to 46 cents, splitting that difference between the state transportation department and local governments.
The state would receive 50% of the increase, Oregon’s 36 counties would get 30% and cities would receive 20%.
A $42 increase to vehicle registration fees, which now range from $126 to $156 depending on a car’s age and miles per gallon.
A $30 supplemental fee for electric vehicles, which now cost $316 to register for two years.
A $139 increase to the state’s title fee, which now ranges from $101 to $116 for gas cars or $192 for electric vehicles.
Doubling the current 0.1% payroll tax for transit to 0.2%.
Committing to implementing a per-mile charge for electric vehicles and hybrids at some point in the next few years.
Repealing references to tolling left over from a 2017 transportation package. At the time, lawmakers intended to introduce tolling to pay for improvements on roads including Interstate 205 in the Portland area, but Kotek has since declared a moratorium on tolls for everything but a replacement bridge on Interstate 5 connecting Oregon and Washington.
“We are on a pause across the system on tolling outside of the interstate bridge, and I want to make that very clear in the bill,” Kotek said.