ADOT Blog

In our latest podcast, host Doug Nintzel talks with Paul Patane, director of the Multimodal Planning Division. They discuss the ins and outs of ADOT's Tentative Five-Year Construction Program.

That tell-tale ding and buzz of your phone catches your attention. It’ll just take a few seconds to read and send a reply, you might think as you’re driving. Or perhaps you’re running late to an appointment and so you’re scarfing down a...

Volunteers filled more than 15,000 bags, with trash deposited onto roadways in 2023. That is about 103 tons of plastic water bottles, cigarette butts, beer cans, construction trash and other unsecured items lost or tossed from vehicles.

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month and it’s a great time to remind everyone to not drive distracted.

Motorists can drive support to their favorite charitable cause by choosing to purchase a specialty license plate from the Arizona Department of Transportation's Motor Vehicle Division.

We post quite frequently about our Adopt a Highway program on our social media pages, so I wanted to get a first-hand experience of what the process is like and share it for anyone who might be curious. First, someone must choose a section...

Over the two days, the MVD team helped nearly 350 people with services including driver license duplicates, motor vehicle records, renewals and reinstatements.

Beginning May 7, 2025, you will need a federally compliant credential like the Arizona Travel ID to get past TSA checkpoints at airports for domestic flights. Without the Arizona Travel ID or other form of federally compliant identification such as a valid U.S. passport, you risk missing your flight because the standard driver license will not be accepted by TSA.

After not getting a new license plate for 1946 due to post-war shortages, Arizonans were giddy to hear a 1947 plate was coming. That excitement lasted until the plates arrived.

March in Arizona means the sun is still warm and inviting, Major League Baseball teams are here for the Cactus League and hopefully your favorite college basketball teams are making their case to be invited to the NCAA tournament (Arizona, GCU, NAU and ASU, we are cheering for you). Another thing happens this time of year: Schools take a week off for spring break.