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A new academy course created to help ADOT employees obtain a commercial driver license is improving compliance and safety. Certain ADOT employees in work groups such as maintenance, Incident Response Unit, signing and striping, and the...
If you’re not familiar with what AZ511 is and how it really can help with your driving experience here in Arizona, head out On the Road with ADOT to learn more.
The heat is here and a long three-day weekend is ahead to mark the unofficial start to summer. And with people planning road trips over Memorial Day weekend, we want to remind drivers to stay focused and expect the unexpected. But, before...

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The Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division and its partner, Donate Life Arizona, are celebrating National Donate Life Month in April. This year we are highlighting the big impact of such an insignificant decision, like...
Don’t want to drive to your local MVD office for a basic question? Only have a few minutes during your lunch break, but need to talk with an MVD representative? The recently added option of live chat may be the way to get answers to your...
Safety, innovation and collaboration are the three main priorities I have as the director for the Arizona Department of Transportation. Our 2024-2028 Tentative Five-Year Construction Program addresses these priorities as we work to improve...
For the hundreds of thousands of Arizona Department of Transportation Twitter, Facebook and Instagram followers. For the thousands who downloaded the Interstate 10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project mobile app known simply as, The Curve...
The Arizona Department of Transportation receives hundreds of complaints about littered highways and more specifically, tire debris. ADOT maintenance costs to remove and dispose of tire waste from along maintained roadways have already...
Specialty license plates have been available in Arizona for more than 30 years. In that time, the state has made available for purchase dozens of specialty license plates. And each year, new ones hit the street. So, it's understandable that...
Safety, innovation and collaboration are the three main priorities I have as the director for the Arizona Department of Transportation. Our 2024-2028 Tentative Five-Year Construction Program addresses these priorities as we work to improve...
Today is March 14. Or, written another way, 3/14. That makes today "Pi Day." Pi, which has an approximate value of 3.14, is used to find the area and circumference of a circle. Pi has many applications and engineers at ADOT certainly use it...
After nearly 10 years, it was time for the Arizona driver license to get a new look. While the new design is better looking and includes more images that represent Arizona, the best part of the card is that it incorporates more security...
There are two basic kinds of questions ADOT employees get asked all the time: “When are you doing something to improve this highway?” And, “How can I have a say in what projects should be next?” It turns out that now is the perfect time to...