Oregon Department of Transportation
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Oregon Senate confirms ODOT director who says freeway widening is a climate change strategy
It’s official. Kristopher “Kris” Strickler was confirmed by the Oregon Senate last month to become the leader of the Oregon Department of Transportation. Strickler was picked and vetted for the position by the Oregon Transportation Commission, (the Governor-appointed body that oversees ODOT) who offered him the director position back in September. Beyond activist circles, Strickler … Read more
ODOT will close northbound span of I-5 Bridge for 9 days next year
How worried is the Oregon Department of Transportation about an upcoming closure of the Interstate Bridge? They’ve announced it nearly one year in advance.
ODOT employee taken off Vision Zero Task Force following Twitter rant
A series of tweets last week by a State of Oregon employee has led to her removal from a City of Portland task force. Following her participation in a Portland Bureau of Transportation Vision Zero event on September 26th, ODOT Region 1 Transportation Safety Coordinator Tiana Tozer turned to Twitter to respond to critics. Many … Read more
ODOT staffer raises eyebrows with series of tweets – UPDATED
Comments about transportation safety made on Twitter last week by Portlander Tiana Tozer have raised eyebrows. While her Twitter account is not an official ODOT communications channel (her profile says, “Opinions are my own”), Tozer is ODOT’s Region 1 transportation safety coordinator and she sits on the Portland Bureau of Transportation Vision Zero Task Force. … Read more
Oregon Transportation Commission offers Kris Strickler job as next ODOT Director
Strickler was formerly in charge of the Columbia River Crossing project.
With eye on Portland-area freeway expansions, ODOT announces new “Mega Projects” office
While some say we should rip out highways, the State of Oregon is poised to make them bigger.
Robert Van Brocklin named head of Oregon Transportation Commission
A lawyer and Portland resident whose on the Portland Business Alliance board of directors.
ODOT will shrink bike lanes on North Rosa Parks Way
10 months after the City of Portland widened the bike lanes on North Rosa Parks Way (where it crossing Interstate 5) the Oregon Department of Transportation wants to narrow them.
New section of Springwater will come with 10 new stop signs for path users
There must be a more sensible solution.
Advocates, residents see Highway 30 paving project as chance for safer bicycling
Will ODOT listen to the public this time?
Eager to end Matt Garrett era, advocates set expectations for new ODOT leader
Expectation have been set. Will they be met?