Fast Facts from ADOT
Public Motor Vehicle Services
Driver licenses in Arizona
FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | |
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Drivers licensed by ADOT MVD | *5,369,964 | *5,678,867 | 5,873,322 |
Travel IDs | 645,538 | 1,122,959 | 1,385,708 |
Commercial driver licenses | 113,735 | 112,096 | 114,250 |
* Driver licenses number previously included identification cards. Recent updates exclude these counts.
Vehicles Registered in Arizona
FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | |
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vehicles registered | * 7,863,112 | * 7,828,255 | 7,444,032 |
* Vehicle registrations included an "unassigned category" for law enforcement's use and also included disability placards. Recent updates excluded these counts.
FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | |
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other alternate-fuel vehicles | 33,299 | 37,477 | 63,147 |
FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | |
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electric vehicles | 28,770 | 34,898 | 40,964 |
MVD Customers, Transactions and Revenues
FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | |
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Customers Served | 2.4 million | 2.7 million | 2.6 million |
Transactions | 13.7 million | 15 million | 15 million |
FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | |
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Online Transactions | $660 million | $832 million | $861 million |
Authorized Third Parties | $598 million | $632 million | $598 million |
ADOT field offices | $159 million | $157 million | $190 million |
other sources | $140 million | $70.2 million | $84 million |
Total Revenue collected | $1.56 billion | $1.69 billion | $1.73 billion |
Road Projects, Preservation & Maintenance
Infrastructure Enhancements: rehabilitation, expansion, modernization, preservation
FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | |
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rehabilitation projects | $246 million | $228 million | $239 million |
expansion projects | $164 million | $121 million | $231 million |
modernization projects | $75 million | $79 million | $129 million |
preservation projects | $31 million | $37 million | $20 million |
Spending - trash pickup, emergency response, pothole repair
- $7.8 million trash pickup / year
- $3.2 million emergency response / year
- $2.3 million pothole repair / year
Maintenance - highways, bridges, plowing snow
- 4,867 bridges
- 73 days plowing snow
Transportation Infrastructure Systems, Services & Safety
What is the volume of traffic in the Phoenix Metro area?

- Currently about 1.7 million vehicles/month
Freeway water removal - what is our capacity?

- With more than 70 pump stations around the Phoenix area freeway system, we can pump about 3.2 million gallons/minute.
- An individual pump inside an ADOT pump station can remove more than 12,000 gallons per minute – the equivalent of emptying a 30,000 gallon swimming pool in less than 3 minutes.
How many traffic signs are there?

- 205,754 traffic signs statewide
How many striping miles are there in the state?

- 9,442 lane miles maintained by
About 26,500 striping miles, requiring about 238,000 gallons of paint
How many Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) features do we have?

- 21,140 lighting fixtures
- 9,356 lighting posts
- 3,453 traffic signal poles
- 649 traffic signal cabinets
- 444 closed-circuit television feeds
- 367 lighting cabinets
- 302 digital message boards
- 260 metered ramps
Transportation Planning & Programming
Vehicular Miles Traveled (VMT) by Roadway

FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | |
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TOTAL daily VMT | 181 | 179.6 | 179.7 million |
Arterial roadways | 77.2 | 75.1 | 75.2 million |
Interstate highways | 40.1 | 38.1 | 38.2 million |
Other arterial roadways | 23.6 | 21.1 | 21.1 million |
Local roadways | 21.7 | 17.8 | 17.8 million |
Collector roadways | 18.6 | 27.3 | 27.4 million |
Roadway types (managed by ADOT)

- 66,968 TOTAL (centerline) miles
- 46,902 miles of local roadway
- 11,782 miles of collector roadway
- 6,842 miles of other arterial roadway
- 1,168 miles of interstate highway
- 271 miles of other freeway and expressway
Five-Year Program Information Related to Roads (2022-2026)
Five-year totals:
- $1.92 billion for pavement and bridge preservation
- $236.5 million for highway system expansion
- $517. 2 million for highway modernization
Long-Range Transportation Plan information:
- $53.3 billion highway capital needs to 2040 (estimated)
- $22.8 billion revenues (estimated)
- $30.5 billion funding gap (estimated)
Airport funding grants provided to airports in Arizona
- $21 million total average annual program dollars
- 67 airports served
Public Transit Federal Funding Grants allocated to Arizona providers
- $15 million, 30 providers from rural public transit CARES funding during pandemic
- $16.1 million, 29 providers to serve rural public transit needs
- $4.3 million, 50 providers to serve the elderly and persons with disabilities
- $1.67 million, 5 providers for buses and bus facilities
- $3.35 million, 21 providers for transit planning needs
- $7.89 million, 2 providers for small urban area needs
Permitting, Inspections & Enforcement
Enforcement and Compliance Division (ECD) Function/Staffing Levels
- ECD consists of Office of the Inspector General and Enforcement Services Bureau
- 269 police officer detective and civilian positions statewide
Ports of Entry
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Manages 22 ports of entry statewide
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Ports of entry monitor all commercial traffic entering Arizona for registration, taxes, size and weight restrictions, commercial driver license requirements, insurance requirements, and equipment safety requirements, and issue permits as required.
K-9 Program
- ADOT-ECD manages a unit of five K-9s to support operations and respond to requests from city and county agencies.
- Officers are trained to interdict drugs, money and human trafficking.
- The program has interdicted one of the largest drug seizures in Mohave County (1,100 lbs).
Border Liaison Unit

- The Unit conducts workshops in Mexico and the United States
- Partners with the motor carrier industry and provides workshops and instructional classes
- Promotes and ensures the safe, efficient movement of people, goods and services through Arizona's southern international ports of entry while promoting compliance with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations