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04/01/2026

Put away the phone during Distracted Driving Awareness Month

It’s a reflex for most of us to pick up our phones when we hear the familiar dinging sound that lets us know we have a new text to read. You might think it’s not that serious to look down at your phone and respond to a text while you’re...

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03/29/2026

PODCAST: Spring has projects ramping up in Northern Arizona

In this episode of On the Road With ADOT, Jason Stephens of ADOT's Community Relations team has an update on the many projects resuming and starting now that warmer weather has returned to Northern Arizona.

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ASU student checks irrigation along highway.

03/23/2026

ADOT partnership with ASU aims to optimize landscape water use

We're highlighting an ASU News article features a partnership that’s helping ADOT learn how to optimize water use in freeway landscaping. The ADOT Urban Freeway Landscape Water Use Efficiency Project nvolves graduate students who are part of ASU’s Arizona Water Innovation Initiative

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From the Director: What Moves You, Arizona?

ADOT is looking into the future and wants your input on the future of transportation in Arizona.

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09/30/2016

MVD works to keep you out of lines -- even somebody else's

A new MVD partnership makes it easier to get a replacement Social Security card without leaving home.

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09/29/2016

More improvements coming to State Route 189 in Nogales

Newly approved funding will move up improvements to SR 189 by two years.

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09/28/2016

Take an aerial tour of ADOT's progress at Bell and Grand

This aerial video by Surprise offers an excellent view of the project's focus leading up to reopening Bell Road in November.

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09/28/2016

MVD teams up with Valley of the Sun United Way to help the homeless

MVD employees and Valley of the Sun United Way work together to get the homeless Arizona state ID cards.

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A wide freeway with moderate traffic flows beside fields and trees under a clear blue sky.

09/27/2016

A new perspective on az511.gov

New traffic cameras give a travelers a fresh perspective on Phoenix freeways.

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09/26/2016

From the Director: For commuters, time is of the essence

The South Mountain Freeway will connect people with employment centers in the East Valley and West Valley, benefiting the region’s economy and quality of life.

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