Welcome to the latest episode of the Inside ODOT podcast! In this episode: Hear about how drone LiDAR technology helps us improve efficiency, safety and accuracy. Meet ODOT Librarian Amanda Carter. Corissa Anderson-Horvath and Jessica Curteman share how they integrate environmental and construction practices in their work. Show notes (some links will only be available to ODOT employees): www.oregon.gov/odot/About/Pages/IO-podcast.aspx

Welcome to the latest episode of the Inside ODOT podcast! In this episode: Hear from high school students Dashiell and Mason about their Work Zone Safety Billboard Contest winning designs. Jenny Cherrytree interviews Kathy Holmes from our Rail and Public Transit Division. Show notes (some links will only be available to ODOT employees): www.oregon.gov/odot/About/Pages/IO-podcast.aspx

Welcome to the latest episode of the Inside ODOT podcast! In this episode: Meet High School to Highway trainee program recruit Maecie Lantis. Don Hamilton interviews ODOT Communications videographers Rod Stevens and Julie Murray. Show notes (some links will only be available to ODOT employees): www.oregon.gov/odot/About/Pages/IO-podcast.aspx

Episode 5: Suicide Prevention in the Construction Industry, Engagement Survey Reminder, and our latest Jackson Scholar Welcome to the latest episode of the Inside ODOT podcast. Content warning: In this episode, we discuss suicide risk and prevention. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call or text the national 988 crisis line. In this episode: Learn about our upcoming Employee Engagement Survey, which launches Sept. 12 Meet our latest Jackson Scholar, Simon Obery Hear a conversation about risks of suicide in the construction industry and the work being done to help, a preview of a conversation that will continue at ODOT’s Fall Forum Oct. 4 Show notes (some links will only be available to ODOT employees): www.oregon.gov/odot/About/Pages/IO-podcast.aspx

Welcome to the latest episode of the Inside ODOT podcast. In this episode: -An ODOT Incident Responder shares 5 safety tips if you’re in a crash. -Region 3 Incident Responder Beau Appling remembers the tree that fell on his truck. -Arleigh Mooney, Region 4 Telecom and Dispatch Supervisor, talks about her long career in dispatch. Show notes (some links will only be available to ODOT employees): www.oregon.gov/odot/About/Pages/IO-podcast.aspx Links: Video: 5 Safety Tips from an ODOT Incident Responder Video: Region 3 Incident Responder Beau Appling Video: ODOT Origins: Arleigh Mooney

Welcome to the latest episode of the Inside ODOT podcast. In this episode: Hear Chi Mai’s ODOT Origin Story. Learn about Culturally Modified Trees and our work with them. Explore the new transportation emissions website with Matt Noble and Tara Weidner. Show notes (some links will only be available to ODOT employees): www.oregon.gov/odot/About/Pages/IO-podcast.aspx

Episode 3: Learn about Employee Resource Groups and what it takes to open McKenzie Pass Welcome to the latest episode of the Inside ODOT podcast. In this episode: Hear from Kacey Davey and Stacy Robinson on what it takes to clear OR 242 McKenzie Pass and get it open safely Assistant Director for Equity and Civil Rights Erika McCalpine talks about the launch of Employee Resource Groups at ODOT this summer and the importance of belonging. Show notes (some links will only be available to ODOT employees): www.oregon.gov/odot/About/Pages/IO-podcast.aspx

Welcome to the latest episode of the Inside ODOT podcast. In this episode: Guest co-host Aaron Kelber interviews ODOT staff about their jobs for Take Your Child to Work Day. Resident Engineer for Construction Carolyn Heniges talks about her career, just in time for International Women in Engineering Day. Liz McIntire interviews Vivian Payne, who retired after most recently leading the Maintenance Service Section of the Maintenance and Operations Branch, about her more than 40 years working with ODOT. Show notes (some links will only be available to ODOT employees): www.oregon.gov/odot/About/Pages/IO-podcast.aspx

Welcome to the latest episode of the Inside ODOT podcast! In this episode: -Liz McIntire interviews Tana Libby-Hewlett, training and communications project manager for ODOT’s Delivery and Operations Division, about their shared experience at this year’s ACEC conference. -Audio from ODOT’s video explaining the agency’s maintenance funding issues, “Why Transportation Agencies Are Cutting Maintenance.” -Guest interviewer Anna Howe of ODOT Communications speaks to Travis Brouwer about the agency’s structural funding issues and how we’re working to solve them long-term. Show notes (some links will only be available to ODOT employees): www.oregon.gov/odot/About/Pages/IO-podcast.aspx

Welcome to our inaugural episode. Why a podcast? To reach our ODOT coworkers not stationed at a desk, of course! Maybe you process information you hear more than what you read. It’s nice to hear the voices of ODOT, in their own voices. In our inaugural episode; Region 3 Manager Darrin Neavoll takes us on a tour of his ODOT career with his Origins story. Assistant Director of Government and External Relations Lindsay Baker talks with Internal Communications Coordinator Sarah Kelber about Governor Kotek’s priority of customer service and the legislative landscape. “Thank you for continuing to be the face of our agency, and for continuing to show up and serve every single Oregonian the way that we do.” Show notes: https://www.oregon.gov/odot/About/Pages/IO-podcast.aspx