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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