Bill Lamoreaux, our lead communicator on all things MVD, has the details you need on how to join millions of Arizonans who are able to use their driver licenses and state ID cards for air travel and other uses that have REAL ID requirements.
ADOT’s Name-A-Snowplow Contest is back again and we’re asking for Arizonans to help name a few of our snowplows! When winter storms roll through our state, ADOT’s snowplow operators work tirelessly to clear highways of ice and snow, helping...
In this 10-minute episode of On the Road With ADOT, Public Information Officer Garin Groff discusses Southern Arizona improvements that are starting, continuing and finishing in 2026, including major upgrades for the Tucson area.
For several years, ADOT has placed traffic safety messages on overhead message boards. Often, these messages relate to holidays, like Halloween, and other events that are front-of-mind for people. Our purpose in displaying these messages is...
Sometimes splitting up is hard to do. Other times it’s the best for everyone in the long run. And the latter is what’s happening this fall with the lanes on Interstate 10 in the Broadway Curve area, between 40th Street and Baseline Road...
Editor's note: Updated December 2024 with additional rescues. Every so often, we get a call about a dog or cat that has made its way onto the freeway. Not only are these extremely dangerous situations for the animals, it also threatens the...
When out on a leisurely walk, run or bicycle ride, we all want the piece of mind that we’ll have safe spaces to walk, run and ride our bikes in and ADOT gets that. That’s why one of the main goals of the Interstate 10 Broadway Curve...
“Let there no longer be any north, south, east or west in Arizona, but one glorious state tied together by ribbons of road.” With those words, spoken on May 16, 1953, Arizona Gov. J. Howard Pyle cut a ribbon to officially open the 1,217...
Autumn can sometimes feel more like a state of mind than a season in parts of Arizona, but there are places where you can catch colorful scenes that really make it feel like fall. According to Visit Arizona, October is the best time to find...
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Take the ADOT sign shop, for example. The Sign Shop has been operating for decades and while advances in technology have delivered new machines that have sped up sign making, the overall...
If you’re driving on Phoenix-area freeways Saturday morning, you may see a procession of tow trucks and first responder vehicles, including ADOT’s Incident Response Unit trucks, as part of the Arizona Professional Towing & Recovery...
This is a story about a family of volunteers gathering to clean up litter along a state highway in Sells, Arizona. It’s the simple facts that bring this story to life. State Route 86 stretches a little over 118 miles from Why at the...
If you have not been to AZMVDNow.gov lately, you are missing out on an easy, safe way to get your MVD business done. In fact, surveys of online users over the past seven months show the system keeps getting easier to use for many customers...
