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ODOT will install automated counter on new State Trail in the Gorge

Manufacturer’s graphic of how the counter works. The Oregon Department of Transportation just received shipment of an automated counter similar to the one in use on the Hawthorne Bridge in Portland. After ODOT Region 1 Transit and Active Transportation Liaison tweeted a picture of the new counter today, we followed up and learned a bit … Read more


Meet Jessica Horning, ODOT’s new active transportation liaison

Jessica Horning.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) In case you missed it, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) recently hired a Transit and Active Transportation Liaison for the Portland metro area (what ODOT refers to as Region 1). The new hire is 31-year-old Humboldt neighborhood resident Jessica Horning. Since we’ll surely be seeing and hearing a lot … Read more