15 www.ortrucking.org Issue 1 | 2024 DELIVERING A CLEANER TOMORROW THE INDUSTRY INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES As of January 2024, a typical five-axle tractor-semitrailer combination paid highway user fees and taxes of … $10,556 PARTNERSHIPS Through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) SmartWay Transport Partnership, the trucking industry is working with government and businesses to quantify greenhouse gas emissions and take steps to reduce them. FUEL CONSUMPTION The trucking industry continues to improve energy and environmental efficiency even while increasing the number of miles driven. In 2021: FEDERAL STATE ROADWAY USE Combination trucks accounted for just 17% of the total highway transportation fuel consumed. Combination trucks consumed nearly 113 billion fewer gallons of fuel than passenger vehicles in the U.S. TRUCKING PAYS THE FREIGHT The following data sources were utilized for the Fast Facts: United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (2022); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Analysis & Information (2023); American Trucking Associations Driver Compensation Study (2022); Commodity Flow Survey Public Use Microdataset (2017); American Transportation Research Institute: Membership Counts - Associations with Safety (2023); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts (2021); Federal Highway Administration: Highway Statistics Series (2021); Energy Information Administration: Fuel Taxes (2024); International Fuel Tax Association: Fuel Tax Rates (Q1 2024); International Registration Plan, Inc.: Jurisdiction Data (2024); American Transportation Research Institute: Cost of Congestion to the Trucking Industry (2023); Diesel Technology Forum Clean Diesel Powers in Your State (2022); Environmental Protection Agency Fast Facts on Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emissions (2021); Highway Cost Allocation Study (2019 - 2021 Biennium); ODOT State Transportation Revenue Forecast (2022). Miles driven on public roads: These taxes were over and above the typical taxes paid by businesses in Oregon. 79,417 Miles of public roads in Oregon Trucks: 5.0 billion All Motorists: 36.8 billion EMISSIONS 55% of Oregon commercial trucks are now powered by the newest-generation, near-zero emissions diesel technology. Medium- and heavy-duty trucks contribute just 23% of all transportation-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the U.S. and represent only 7% of total U.S. GHG emissions. The industry paid 34% of all taxes owed by Oregon motorists … … despite trucks representing only 14% of vehicle miles traveled in the state. $26,938 $720 million in federal and state roadway taxes The trucking industry in Oregon paid approximately Traffic congestion in Oregon cost the trucking industry $1.0 billion in 2021. Oregon TRUCKING FAST FACTS ortrucking.org ORTrucking @OTAOregon OregonTrucking Association @ortrucking Updated January 2024 with most recent data available
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