Six years ago, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) announced that it was inviting up to 5,000 people to voluntarily join its mileage-based user fee program. The Antiplanner rushed to be among the first to apply, which turned out to be unnecessary as, after two years, only 745 vehicles were participating in the program.
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That number is likely to increase soon, as the state has imposed a stiff vehicle-registration fee on electric and other fuel-efficient cars, a fee people can waive if they add their car to the mileage-based fee program. Annual fees for electric cars will go from $20 to $153; fees for cars rated to get better than 40 miles per gallon jump from $20 to $76 per year. Continue reading
