Please don't link to sites (such as NYT) that require registration, free or otherwise. It's a pain in the neck, and only encourages other news sites to do likewise. If the same article isn't available from a "regular" source, then copy/paste as much relevant text as necessary into your post. Thanks.

And finding alternate sources shouldn't be a problem. I was able to access this, this, this and this just by Googling "Oregon gas tax".

Note also that Wash. state is considering this tracking system not to replace the current gas tax, but on top of it.