Karl Rohde

Brian,

Getting that data is fairly involved because of all the sources of
money and how they are spent. For instance, the State collects a gas
tax but so do a number of cities and counties. Then you would need
to research where property taxes are being used for transportation,
what cities have transportation utility fees, which cities are using
revenue from utility franchise fees, parking revenue, state and
county vehicle registration fees, etc. On top of all that you would
need to find out who is charging transportation system development
charges and at what level. Then you'd need to find out expenditures
by private developers on transportation infrastructure. So you see,
it is quite the research project. It would be incredibly valuable
information, but we don't have the capacity to do the research
ourselves.

I understand there was a report put out by the Victoria
Transportation Institute over a decade ago, but I'm not sure if that
was specific to Canada.

Sorry I can't be of more help.

Best regards,

Karl

Karl Rohde
Government Relations & Public Affairs Director
Bicycle Transportation Alliance
503.226.0676 Ext. 12
karl@bta4bikes.org

On Mar 10, 2009, at 1:13 PM, Brian Engelen wrote:

> RE: [OBRA Chat] BTA press release on bike registration
> bill*******Road Tax conspiracy?
>
> I read a lot of stuff, Oregonian, BikePortland, BTA press releases,
> etc., but I have never seen anything that directly describes where
> the funds for our roads come from. I would love to see a real
> number or a pie chart or something. Can someone please help me
> with this?
>
> Brian Engelen
>
> From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-
> bounces@list.obra.org] On Behalf Of Susan Otcenas
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 9:10 AM
> To: OBRA; CycleOregon@yahoogroups.com
> Cc: Karl Rohde
> Subject: [OBRA Chat] BTA press release on bike registration bill
>
> Attached is the BTA's press release on the bike registration bill.
>
> Karl Rohde, the BTA's Government Relations & Public Affairs
> Director, spoke about the bill live on KXL at 7:30 this morning.
> Please feel free to contact Karl if you have questions or concerns.
>
> The BTA will put a copy of the press release on the website or
> blog, for those who can't read attachments.
>
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> Thank you!
>
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