It's time for long-term, sustaining investments in Oregon's deteriorating transportation infrastructure
Help us modernize our transportation funding system with a sustainable, balanced model that is fair to all users and focused on keeping people, goods and communities moving safely.
A Roadmap
For the Future
Driven by the values and priorities important to families and businesses across Oregon, the 2027 legislative session represents a critical opportunity for Democrats and Republicans to come together to modernize and stabilize our transportation funding system.
Invest in Our Roads
Invest in Our Roads
Oregon’s highways, roads and bridges are deteriorating faster than our current funding system can keep up. New investments are needed now to repair and preserve critical infrastructure, improve safety, reduce congestion and avoid even higher costs in the future.
Accountable Spending
Accountable Spending
New investments must come with stronger accountability for how tax dollars are spent and how maintenance and improvements are funded. Projects should be properly scoped so they are completed on time and on budget. We must also complete long-promised projects and ensure funding goes to improving our roads, rather than being consumed by endless studies and bureaucracy.
Sustainable and Fair
Sustainable & Fair
As vehicles become more fuel efficient and more Oregonians transition to electric vehicles, our key funding sources for transportation improvements are not keeping pace. It’s time to modernize our funding system so it’s sustainable over time, balanced across different types of users and asks everyone to contribute proportionately to their impact.
Invest in Our Roads
Oregon’s highways, roads and bridges are deteriorating faster than our current funding system can keep up. New investments are needed now to repair and preserve critical infrastructure, improve safety, reduce congestion and avoid even higher costs in the future.
Accountable Spending
New transportation investments must come with stronger accountability for how tax dollars are spent and how maintenance and improvements are funded. Projects should be properly scoped so they are completed on time and on budget. Oregon also needs to complete long-promised projects that reduce congestion and ensure funding goes to improving our roads, rather than being consumed by endless studies and bureaucracy.
Sustainable & Fair
As vehicles become more fuel efficient and more Oregonians transition to electric vehicles, our key funding sources for transportation improvements are not keeping pace. It’s time to modernize our funding system so it’s sustainable over time, balanced across different types of users and asks everyone to contribute proportionately to their impact.
Build a Better Oregon is a coalition of local businesses dedicated to maintaining and improving Oregon’s highways, roads and bridges by ensuring sustainable and equitable funding.
We’re people who build and depend on quality infrastructure to safely and efficiently move goods and people throughout our state. Critical to this vision is accountability for how tax dollars and other public resources are spent along with open and fair competition that ensures the ability of contractors through Oregon to compete.
Latest News
Oregon may cut more than 500 transportation jobs next year without new funding, officials say
- The Oregonian
As Oregon lawmakers prepare to once again take up a transportation funding package next year, leaders of the state’s transportation agency say it will be forced to cut 13% of its workforce if it doesn’t receive more money.
Oregon lawmakers say they’ll prioritize bipartisanship in 2027 transportation funding plan
- Oregon Public Broadcasting
Half of the money raised from the gas tax goes to the state, and the remaining is split between cities and counties. But as more Oregonians drive electric vehicles and the cost of transportation materials and labor increases, the state and localities have gradually collected less revenue from the gas tax despite fuel-efficient vehicles contributing […]
Lawmakers outline priorities and new ideas for Oregon transportation funding workgroup
- KATU
After spending its first two meetings defining Oregon’s transportation funding crisis and examining why previous funding efforts failed, Gov. Tina Kotek’s Rebuilding Our Transportation Vision Workgroup took a significant step Tuesday toward shaping what a successful transportation package could look like in 2027.
Funding Crunch Forces Oregon to Rethink How it Pays for Roads
- KATU
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) relies heavily on gas taxes and vehicle fees, but officials say revenue is flattening as cars become more fuel-efficient and more drivers switch to electric vehicles.
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Help us modernize our transportation funding system with a sustainable, balanced model that is fair to all users and focused on keeping people, goods and communities moving safely.
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