WA state mulls pay by mile tax

[tod701]

Originally Posted by Idarider

Most of the taxes you pay go for salaries ,benifits, very little percentage for cement and pavement.

If you would to see specifically where your Washington State transportation dollars are spent, please refer to 2011 transportation budget bill HB1175 and 2012 supplemental transportation budget bill HB2190.


http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/bil.../1175-S.SL.pdf

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/bil.../2190-S.SL.pdf

What the feds do with their cut of the action is a whole nuther issue.

[guns_equal_freedom]

Originally Posted by shrubitup

How about two toll lanes on I-5, I-405, I-90? Wanna get some where fast? Pay to play - regardless of occupant count. Satisfied with delay or too cheap to pay tolls? Go slower.

This will take pressure off of two general traffic lanes and possibly make them go 5-10MPH faster during high use.

Either way, I don't care as I only visit those roads maybe once a month.

How about making I 5 an 8 lane freeway in each direction from Oregon to Canada with it breaking out to a 12 lane wide freeway in each direction starting in Olympia and ending in Everett.

Also straighten it out.

Hook the 405 up with Hwy 9 into an 8 lane wide freeway in each direction.

Make 99 a freeway.

Then we can talk about a toll.

[DireWolf]

Originally Posted by linkweewee

I wouldn't read whatever you're link is even if naked $1000.00 an hour hookers were handing out hundred dollar bills to snort 1/4 mile long lines of cocaine off of it.

I would.

[wbedient]

Originally Posted by HotChilliColdBeer

But aside from Shrubitup, and kwisn, not many ideas, just a lot of complaining about everything.

I put forward a pretty damn good idea:

http://advrider.com/forums/showpost....6&postcount=21

[Wenduro]

A couple of more damn good ideas -

http://www.utahrealestate.com/index/public.index
http://www.buyidahorealestate.com/

[peterman]

Originally Posted by DireWolf

I would.

Me too, but Link is kinda shy when it comes to hookers and blow,,the hunnert dollars bills are a nice perk too!
So add a cost to WA residents according to miles driven. Raising the state gas tax would work better IMO, so you are not missing the lawnmowers, boats, weedwhackers, camping generators and loads of other gas consuming modes that will NEVER put a mile on the road.
Also ,a use tax on WA residents does not address the hundreds and thousands of non-WA vehickles that travel the state daily, putting wear and tear on the inferio-structure.
How about the hundreds of miles ridden on non highway roads, one could argue, yes my bike is licensed but I rarely use public asphalt roads as most of my use is on gravel or FS roads,,you know,,those not maintained by this mileage use fee, so,, I ain't payin it!
A mileage fee for out of state drivers?
Say you want to drive to B.C.,,would there be a flat rate for traversing the state?
Seems Olympia needs a major purge, or you guys have a really crappy list of representatives of the people to choose from,,makes me wonder how many of your states politi-folk are even from WA, and how many have moved there from somewhere they want you to be 'just like'.
With this philosophy, people moving all around the country, and making things as they were where they just moved from will result in a huge homogenous mix of sameness everywhere, so that, eventually all communities will be exactly the same, and there will be no point in traveling anywhere.
I remember signs from 40 years ago along the highway stating,"Turn around!,,This AIN"T California!".
Too many people. Earth would be such a neat-0 place without people.
What is the WA tax on fresh air these days? People in Tacoma should pay 15 times what they pay in Tonasket, just sayin.

[linkweewee]

Originally Posted by wbedient

we've got a lot to moan about.

is rainbows and unicorns here in Oregon

[peterman]

Originally Posted by guns_equal_freedom

How about making I 5 an 8 lane freeway in each direction from Oregon to Canada with it breaking out to a 12 lane wide freeway in each direction starting in Olympia and ending in Everett.

Also straighten it out.

Hook the 405 up with Hwy 9 into an 8 lane wide freeway in each direction.

Make 99 a freeway.

Then we can talk about a toll.

you would ruin the curves on North hwy 9?
Blasphemy! (of course, the last time I road there was 1980 or so, but it was a fun road back then)

[tod701]

Originally Posted by peterman

Raising the state gas tax would work better IMO, so you are not missing the lawnmowers, boats, weedwhackers, camping generators and loads of other gas consuming modes that will NEVER put a mile on the road.

And you can get a refund for fuel used in devices like that and if the tax is high enough more people would do it.

Originally Posted by peterman

How about the hundreds of miles ridden on non highway roads, one could argue, yes my bike is licensed but I rarely use public asphalt roads as most of my use is on gravel or FS roads,,you know,,those not maintained by this mileage use fee, so,, I ain't payin it!

Gotta repeal RCW46.09.500 first.

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=46.09.500

Originally Posted by peterman

A mileage fee for out of state drivers?

The US Constitution makes that problematic.

Originally Posted by peterman

Say you want to drive to B.C.,,would there be a flat rate for traversing the state?

Fine with me, but that NAFTA deal messes with that too.

Originally Posted by peterman

Seems Olympia needs a major purge, or you guys have a really crappy list of representatives of the people to choose from,,

In many legislative districts and in many statewide elections this is true.

[tod701]

Originally Posted by peterman

you would ruin the curves on North hwy 9?

No, everything north of Arlington can stay as is

[wbedient]

Originally Posted by Wenduro

A couple of more damn good ideas -

http://www.utahrealestate.com/index/public.index
http://www.buyidahorealestate.com/

My family homesteaded up here. My kid makes 6 generations and we're not going anywhere.

Idaho does have some really nice riding though....

Originally Posted by peterman

how many have moved there from somewhere they want you to be 'just like'.

I got a bumper sticker that says "keep Seattle out of the Okanogan" for just that reason.

Originally Posted by peterman

People in Tacoma should pay 15 times what they pay in Tonasket, just sayin.

I'm on board!

[shrubitup]

Originally Posted by guns_equal_freedom

How about making I 5 an 8 lane freeway in each direction from Oregon to Canada with it breaking out to a 12 lane wide freeway in each direction starting in Olympia and ending in Everett.

Also straighten it out.

Hook the 405 up with Hwy 9 into an 8 lane wide freeway in each direction.

Make 99 a freeway.

Then we can talk about a toll.

Look at the Tacoma Narrows bridge. It went up fast since they responded to the ca$h incentive to deliver faster. The public/private investment concept also put it up way faster so they could charge tolls. It has srsly reduced congestion on that corridor and the USER pays for it. In favor of all your suggestions provided the tolls start as soon as the roads open. I don't want to be on the hook for road imnprovements I won't use (current concept of gas tax funds, FHWA funding, and state general fund allocation towards roads).

I don't have trouble paying gas tax for general roadway sustainment, development, etc. but I know gas taxes alone won't build the super highways that I won't use much. I get that the greater region would benefit so I'd pay some but not all of the fare required.

[ObiJohn]

“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.”*

- de Toqueville

As long as the majority is allowed to take from the minority, we will never get spending under control. We are already taxed sufficiently to cover the appropriate and proper expenditures of government. It's all the social engineering that is killing this state, and this country.

[Double H]

Originally Posted by linkweewee

is rainbows and unicorns here in Oregon

Uh, no, Oregon started it before WA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_miles_traveled_tax
In 2007, Oregon conducted a VMT tax pilot project and found that the concept was "feasible."^[7]

[DireWolf]

Originally Posted by HotChilliColdBeer

But aside from Shrubitup, and kwisn, not many ideas, just a lot of complaining about everything.

I'm shocked.