OTE - Oregon Travel Experience

Highway safety rest areas

In 2010 the  Travel Information Council assumed management of nine rest areas at five locations throughout Oregon.

In 2012 the Oregon Legislature passed Senate Bill 1591, which gave TIC authority over rest areas at Tillamook and Government Camp, and five additional locations along I-84. On March 1, 2014, TIC implemented the next phase of SB 1591 under an amended inter-agency agreement with the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT).

Under the agreement, TIC assumed responsibility for nine additional I-5 and I-84 rest areas. As of July 2019, TIC will manage a total of 39 rest areas at 25 locations around the state, stretching from the California border to our eastern neighbors in Idaho.

TIC bases its rest area management on the needs of the motorist, as well as the communities which exist nearby. We collaborate with community leaders, industry partners, and regional businesses to provide the very best motoring experience possible.

Locations

Oregon Travel Information Council currently manages rest areas at locations along many of Oregon’s most traveled highways. You can see these locations listed below, or click here to view a map of Oregon’s rest areas we manage.

I-5 Rest Area Locations:

I-84 Rest Area Locations:

Highway 97 Locations:

Other Locations:

Taking pride in a job well done

John Horton maintains his good humor while cleaning the rest area's main parking lot.The presence of Oregon Travel Information Council (OTIC) rest area teams has made a remarkable difference for travelers. Staff have been on duty to help motorists with car repairs, provide enough fuel to get them to the closest gas station, and coordinate incident response services with law enforcement, ODOT, and emergency teams.

If you stop at an OTIC-managed rest area, you can count on it being clean and safe. If it isn’t, we haven’t lived up to our promise and want to hear about it.

Rest area customer comments

Have you recently visited an OTIC-managed rest area? We’d like to get your feedback. In order to reach as many people as possible, there are multiple ways to provide feedback.  Please use the list provided to find the code associated with the rest area you want to give feedback about.

Call: 877-527-6560; or

visit www.tellusnow.mobi; or

Text the site code to 503-405-8175.

Free Coffee Program

Sarah F. serving free coffee at OTE rest area.

The Rest Area “Free Coffee” Program is a service sponsored by non-profit organizations in the interest of public safety. Stop at one of our rest areas and grab a cup. Visit with our knowledgeable volunteers; you’ll often learn things about the surrounding community you wouldn’t know otherwise.

Find out more about the Free Coffee program

Apply for a permit to serve free coffee (PDF)

Rest area information centers

The new digital kiosk at northbound French PrairieOregon Travel Information Council owns nine travel information centers along Oregon’s most heavily used highways.

The unstaffed information centers are managed by:

Certified Folder Display Service, Inc.
Matt Preston, District Sales Manager
12341 NE Whitaker Way
Portland, OR 97230
503-252-2570 (office)
Mattp@certifiedfolder.com

Contact Certified Folder Display for more information about how your business can participate in the rest area information center program.