Friday, July 31, 2015

Traveling the OReGO Trail - Jumpy GPS Response

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I recently posted a blog entry where I showed that the route shown by the ORe GO  program is not 100% accurate .  Bad route data I as...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Traveling the OReGO Trail - Jumpy GPS

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ORe GO  is the new mileage tax program that is currently under test in Oregon. I signed up to experience the program and see how it works (a...
Monday, July 27, 2015

Traveling The OReGO Trail - First Trip

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As mentioned in an earlier posts, I've signed up for the ORe GO program to see firsthand how the program works. The vehicle I signed up ...
Saturday, July 25, 2015

Tesla is the Modern 4-Minute Mile

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Before Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile barrier, it was said to be impossible. Experts claimed that it was not humanly possible to...
Thursday, July 23, 2015

Traveling the OReGO Trail - Saddle Up!

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As I mentioned here , I signed up for ORe GO . Part of the program a device plugs into the vehicle's OBD II port to track the vehicle...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

The New Electric Avenue

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In 2012, Portland State started an experiment called Electric Avenue. It was planned as a two year study of electric vehicle charging pa...
Sunday, July 19, 2015

Traveling Down the OReGO Trail

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I Signed Up For OReGO! I've been critical of the Oregon mileage tax plan called ORe GO . While I understand the need for road funds, ...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Road Funds Part 6 - OReGO

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We have been looking at way to fund the roads and bridges. This discussion was started because of    OR e GO   the program that Oregon is tr...
Friday, July 10, 2015

Road Funds Part 5 - Tire Tax

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In this series we're exploring different ways that Oregon could possibly fund roads as the gas tax revenue decreases. Each idea is sc...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Road Funds Part 4 - Vehicle Registration

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Welcome to part four of our road funding exploration. Oregon has recently launched OReGO , a vehicle mileage tax. While it is easy to critic...