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Exposing the OTA

Exposing the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority is a series of articles about the OTA’s history of wasteful spending, conflicts of interests, and more from their very beginning all the way up to today.

Pike Off OTA Documentary Screening Coming to OKC- November 11th at 6:00 pm

Watch the Pike Off OTA Documentary on the Big Screen in OKC! Rodeo Cinema November 11, 2025 Doors Open at 6:00 Movie Begins at 6:30 ...

Pike Off OTA Documentary Screening Coming to NORMAN – September 29th at 6:00 pm

Watch the Pike Off OTA Documentary on the Big Screen in NORMAN! Regal Spotlight 14 September 29, 2025 Doors Open at 6:00 Movie Begins at ...

DOCUMENTARY Film Festival Screening – San Antonio – July 23th

YOU ARE INVITED! Three years of pushing back against the biggest bully on the Oklahoma block rolled into one fantastic film, Pike Off OTA: Turnpike ...

DOCUMENTARY Film Festival Screening – Tulsa – July 14th

YOU ARE INVITED! Three years of pushing back against the biggest bully on the Oklahoma block rolled into one fantastic film, Pike Off OTA: Turnpike ...
In a succinct presentation before the Oklahoma Senate Transportation Committee Interim Study Session on September 27, 2022, Professor Tassie Hirschfeld illustrates the absurdity of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority operations. Hirschfeld is a professor in anthropology who specializes in post-soviet autocratic countries and anti-corruption research. In less than 15 minutes Hirschfeld explains how the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority operates more like a Soviet regime than a "State of Oklahoma" agency.

How the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority operates like a Soviet Regime

In a succinct presentation before the Oklahoma Senate Transportation Committee on September 27, 2022, Professor Tassie Hirschfeld illustrates the absurdity of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority ...
A Yellow Road sign reads "Bumpy Road Ahead Caution" next to the words Oklahoma Turnpike Truths

Why does a roadway cost more when the OTA is in charge?

**Based on an original cost assessment by Michael Nash on May 29, 2022. Posted with permission** There is a very large cost discrepancy between the ...

Oklahoma, Take Your Eyes Off the Road. Part 3 of the “Oklahoma, you have a turnpike problem” series

**Originally written by Katherine (Tassie) Hirschfeld, Ph.D., in July 2022.  Updated December 2022 and printed here with permission of author.** Oklahomans, what are we going ...

Is Oklahoma on the way to Pennsylvania? Part 2 of the “Oklahoma, you have a turnpike problem” series.

**Originally written and published by Katherine (Tassie) Hirschfeld, Ph.D., in the Oklahoman in May 2022.  Updated December 2022 and re-printed here with permission of author.** ...

Oklahoma, you have a turnpike problem: Part 1

**Originally written and published by Katherine (Tassie) Hirschfeld, Ph.D., in the Oklahoman on April 26, 2022.  Updated December 2022 and re-printed here with permission of ...

The Biggest Bully on the Block: Oklahoma Turnpike Authority

**Originally written and published by Bryan Armstrong on Ignite Liberty in March 2022.  Re-printed here with permission of author.** A Brief Background of the OTA ...

Was the Kickapoo Built Illegally?

The Kickapoo Turnpike was originally known as the Eastern Oklahoma County Turnpike announced in the 2015 Driving Forward Program. A 21 mile toll road connecting ...