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Starting April 1, we will be seeking your input on the process for toll rate setting and changes, toll account sign ups, payments, data privacy, and more. These topics are included in draft statewide administrative rules that will apply to planned toll projects in the Portland metro area and any future projects in Oregon. Rules will be available for review and comment from April 1 to April 30. Find details below on how you can provide your input.
The draft rules are the result of a wide-ranging input process throughout 2023. We worked with a Statewide Toll Rulemaking Advisory Committee, engaged communities throughout the Portland metro region, and consulted with Oregon tribes to inform our rulemaking process. Our goal is to build an easy-to-use, accessible, and equitable toll program, and the rules—which establish how customers interact with the toll program—are a key part of this work.
What will toll rules cover?
- How to sign up for an account.
- How to pay your tolls.
- The process to collect unpaid tolls.
- The process to dispute a toll bill.
- Toll discounts based on income and free trips for specific vehicles.
- Steps taken to protect customer data.
- How different vehicle types will be classified.
Toll rules will not cover toll rates for specific toll facilities or vehicle types, or where toll revenue is spent. Those rules will be developed later when each tolled facility is set to be tolled.
Following the public comment period, these draft rules will be sent to the Oregon Transportation Commission, Oregon’s toll authority, to adopt and apply to the toll program. Are you interested in weighing in on the draft rules before they are adopted?
Draft rules will be available to review and comment during a 30-day public comment period beginning on April 1, 2024. ODOT will hold a virtual public hearing on April 15, 2024.
Leave us a comment from April 1 to April 30 11:59 p.m. PT by:
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Submitting an online comment form (available April 1)
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Sending an email: oregontollrules@odot.oregon.gov
(please include “rulemaking comment” in the subject line)
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Leaving a voicemail: 503-837-3536
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Mailing a printed comment:
Oregon Department of Transportation
Attn: Director's Office Rulemaking
355 Capitol St. NE MS11
Salem, Oregon 97301
Learn more and get involved!
More information about tolling
Toll prices will be higher at peak traffic times, a concept known as “congestion pricing.” With ODOT toll projects:
- Drivers only pay for what they use.
- Tolls provide needed funding for critical infrastructure and safety improvements.
- Tolls help traffic move more smoothly.
- Tolls provide a more reliable trip.
- Toll prices will not be a surprise.
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