ADOT Blog

Latest blog articles

08/31/2026

2025 crash data shows decrease in traffic fatalities for third straight year

Crash data from 2025 shows a decrease in traffic fatalities and crashes across Arizona roads for the third straight year. That’s a positive step in the right direction, but even one death is one too many, and there is more work to be done...

LEARN MORE

08/30/2026

PODCAST: If a trip to a Motor Vehicle Division office is on your to-do list, this episode of On the Road with ADOT will get you ready

A lot of business with the Motor Vehicle Division can be done online. However, if a visit to an MVD office is in your future, you’ll want to listen to our latest episode of On the Road with ADOT. MVD Spokesman Bill Lamoreaux sits down with host Doug Nintzel to offer helpful hints to get you “MVD ready.”

LEARN MORE

08/19/2026

Volunteers make Arizona shine

Adopt a Highway is rolling out the red carpet for our newest volunteers! See who is making a difference in your community and join us in celebration.

LEARN MORE

New signs on US 60 east of Valley honor Governor Rose Mofford

These signs along two stretches carry a designation recently approved by the Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historic Names.

LEARN MORE

08/21/2019

eTitle part of MVD blazing trail for better, quicker service

The Motor Vehicle Division is making great strides to get people out of line and safely on the road, the most recently recognized is the eTitle program.

LEARN MORE

Arizona Department of Transportation pickup truck

08/19/2019

ADOT 'angel' helps stranded motorists

Shelli and Al Ortman of Yucca were headed to a doctor’s appointment in Lake Havasu City when their trip was suddenly cut short. ADOT employee Jeff Baumeister came to their aid.

LEARN MORE

A group of people in yellow safety vests pose together outside a log cabin on a sunny day.

08/15/2019

Decades of love results in commitment to Adopt a Highway

Read how love often leads volunteers to Adopt a Highway.

LEARN MORE

08/14/2019

MVD is hitting the road thanks to a new mobile office

The Motor Vehicle Division has recently gone mobile, with a retrofitted RV to help fill in where required.

LEARN MORE

08/13/2019

SRP employees honored by ADOT for helping with vehicle fire on I-10

ADOT has honored three SRP employees who jumped in to help during a vehicle fire on I-10.

LEARN MORE

08/12/2019

Awards validate ADOT's commitment to communicating with Arizonans

Those on my team at ADOT know I am hesitant to brag on our success as a group of communicators. It's never about us. But that is a disservice to the accomplishments of the ADOT Communications team.

LEARN MORE

08/09/2019

Driving Safety Home: Crash Facts report shows that driver behavior is the key to safer roads

At ADOT, our No. 1 goal is for everyone to get home safely. Of course, we cannot accomplish that goal alone. We need drivers to help by making better choices behind the wheel. There are too many preventable collisions, fatalities and...

LEARN MORE