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ADOT's Karl Lopez stands in front of his emergency response truck

10/06/2025

ADOT worker aids flood rescue: 'That kid needed to get to the hospital ASAP'

A news account reported how a severely injured teen ultimately got to a Phoenix hospital for treatment, due in part to help from an ADOT employee who wasn’t identified. Today, we’re sharing more about that employee and his role in the rescue amid flooding in Globe.

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10/05/2025

PODCAST: Traffic engineering's role in safely connecting Arizonans

Where do speed limits come from? How are highways engineered, signed, striped, etc., to maximize safety? To explain these and other aspects of state highways, we're pleased to have State Traffic Engineer Kerry Wilcoxon as this week's On the Road With ADOT guest.

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10/01/2025

Volunteers bag 1.8 tons of litter on National CleanUp Day

See Adopt a Highway volunteers across Arizona caught in the act on National CleanUp Day 2025.

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From the Director: Don't be a selfish driver

More than 690 and growing. That number represents traffic deaths in Arizona through September.

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10/21/2016

New campaign targets selfish driving

Traffic fatalities on Arizona roads are on pace to exceed 900 for the first time since 2008. You can help change that.

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10/20/2016

Removing detours for new drivers at MVD

MVD has eliminated random road tests for new private driving school grads.

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10/19/2016

Art of Transportation: Fall colors in Prescott

Fall arrives a little later in Arizona than it does across the rest of the country. In this week's Art of Transportation, you can see a few trees near the State Route 69 and State Route 89 traffic interchange in Prescott beginning to turn orange.

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