Like many communities across the country, Eugene saw a major rise in fatal traffic crashes during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2025 decrease matches a larger national trend as well, with a nearly 7% decrease nationwide, 10% decrease in the State of Oregon, and a 32% decrease in Portland.
I’d call it being in line with a reduction in fatalities everywhere now that driving habits are back to normal after COVID drastically changed the landscape for years.
In any case, thats not what I was referring to. I was referring to the Governors proposed plan of installing tolls on all the freeways in the metro region to not only charge poorer drivers up to $20 a day to get to work, but to also increase congestion so that people are disincentivized from driving, which is completely unrealistic nonsense.
I have no problem with changing road designs in neighborhoods to slow people down but this plan is bullshit. Pedestrians aren’t even allowed on freeways and just as a bigger joke, freeway speeds are now lower (55MPH-65MPH) than what you’re allowed to drive on rural Oregon highways (70MPH) despite those rural highways having houses, bikers, and pedestrians and no division between you and oncoming traffic.
I’d call it being in line with a reduction in fatalities everywhere now that driving habits are back to normal after COVID drastically changed the landscape for years.
https://kval.com/news/local/eugene-traffic-deaths-fall-to-10-in-2025-down-55-from-record-22-in-2024-lane-county-oregon
In any case, thats not what I was referring to. I was referring to the Governors proposed plan of installing tolls on all the freeways in the metro region to not only charge poorer drivers up to $20 a day to get to work, but to also increase congestion so that people are disincentivized from driving, which is completely unrealistic nonsense.
I have no problem with changing road designs in neighborhoods to slow people down but this plan is bullshit. Pedestrians aren’t even allowed on freeways and just as a bigger joke, freeway speeds are now lower (55MPH-65MPH) than what you’re allowed to drive on rural Oregon highways (70MPH) despite those rural highways having houses, bikers, and pedestrians and no division between you and oncoming traffic.