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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: ODOT Is Gassed Up and Ready to Go on Tolling: But They Don’t Know Where They’re Going
Description: Full-text: “We got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark ... and we’re wearing sunglasses.” That line is from the Blues Brothers movie, but it’s an apt description of the Oregon Department of Transportation’s process to impose tolls on I-5 and I-205 all the way from Wilsonville to the Columbia River.
ODOT is gassed up and ready to go with tolling, but they have no idea where they’re going or what they’ll do once they get there.
They don’t know if they want to reduce congestion...