ADOT Blog

Winter is coming… Maybe that’s hard to believe if you live in hotter regions of the state, but residents up north already are starting to experience chillier temperatures.

A new opportunity to voice your opinion… ADOT is again calling on the public to provide input. We want to know what you think of the seven alternatives that have been selected for further study.

If you’re in the market for a new license plate we’ve got some good news for you – two new options are now available to consider!

Public involvement truly helps shape ADOT projects … just ask residents living near the San Pedro River Bridge

We don’t normally talk about ourselves – the ADOT Communications Team – on this blog. We like it that way … but today we’re so excited that we’ve just got to tell you about a few honors our team received yesterday.

It’s a real shame to see a road tagged with graffiti -- especially because we know all about the effort that goes into building a freeway in the first place.

We’ve got a blog post coming up real soon that’s going to focus on Dynamic Message Signs (Don’t know what those are? Keep reading!).

Hard to believe, but 10 years have passed since the first AMBER Alert was issued in Arizona… In that time, 70 AMBER Alerts have been issued in the state and all but one – the ongoing Jhessye Shockley case – were resolved successfully through a partnership between local radio and television broadcasters, law enforcement, the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the Arizona Department of Transportation and the public.

What is a roadway departure crash? By definition, a roadway departure crash is a non-intersection crash that occurs after a vehicle crosses an edge line or a centerline, or otherwise leaves the traveled way.

It may look like something out of the latest hi-tech spy movie, but our newly refurbished Traffic Operations Center is wonderfully real. This state-of-the-art electronic data hub is located in Phoenix and allows ADOT staff to keep a watchful eye on traffic conditions around the state.