Public Motor Vehicle Services

Driver licenses in Arizona

Arizona drivers and licenses
  FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
Drivers licensed by ADOT MVD *5,873,322 5,850,390 5,850,511 5,911,444
Travel IDs 1,385,708 1,726,258 2,041,678 2,280,020
Commercial driver licenses 114,250 119,293 121,901 124,523

* Driver licenses number previously included identification cards. Recent updates exclude these counts.

Vehicles Registered in Arizona

Arizona drivers and licenses
  FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24
vehicles registered * 7,444,032 7,764,367 7,969,576 8,146,590

* Vehicle registrations included an "unassigned category" for law enforcement's use and also included disability placards. Recent updates excluded these counts.

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  FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24
electric vehicles (only) 40,964 58,219 80,613 108,420

 

MVD Customers, Transactions and Revenues

MVD customers and transactions
  FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24
Customers Served 2.6 million 2.8 million 2.8 million 3.0 million
Transactions 15 million 14.6 million 14 million 14 million
ADOT revenues
Total Revenue collected $1.73 billion $1.77 billion $1.83 billion $1.91 billion
Online Transactions $861 million $810 million $785 million $829 million
Authorized Third Parties $598 million $677 million $728 million $742 million
ADOT field offices $190 million $210 million $216 million $227 million
other sources $84 million $73 million $99 million $112 million

Permitting, Inspections & Enforcement

Enforcement and Compliance Division (ECD) Function/Staffing Levels

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  • ECD consists of Office of the Inspector General and Enforcement Services Bureau
  • 263 police officer detective and civilian positions statewide

Ports of Entry

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  • Manages 16 ports of entry statewide

  • 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

K9 program
  • ADOT-ECD manages a unit of four (4) K-9s to support operations and respond to requests from city and county agencies.
  • Officers are trained to interdict drugsmoney and human trafficking.
  • The program has interdicted one of the largest drug seizures in Mohave County (1,100 lbs).

Border Liaison Unit

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  • 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

Road Projects, Preservation and Maintenance

Infrastructure enhancements: rehabilitation, expansion, modernization, preservation

ADOT revenues
  FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24
rehabilitation projects $239 million $260 million $402 million $408 million
expansion projects $231 million $1,053 million $621 million $183 million
modernization projects $129 million $79 million $79 million $104 million
preservation projects $20 million $17 million $50 million $40 million

 

Spending - trash pickup, emergency response, pothole repair

ADOT revenues
  FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24
trash pickup / year $7.8 million $7.3 million $7.65 million $8.77 million
emergency response / year $3.25 million $2.54 million $2.7 million $3.65 million
pothole repair / year $2.32 million $2.31 million $4.8 million $3.99 million

Maintenance - highways, bridges, plowing snow

ADOT Facts


9,445 (estimate) state highway center lane miles

Bridge maintenance


4,877 bridges

Snowplows


93 days plowing snow

Transportation infrastructure systems, services and safety

What is the volume of traffic in the Phoenix Metro area?

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  • Currently about 10 Billion Vehicle Miles Traveled (per year)

Freeway water removal - what is our capacity?

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  • With 68 pump stations around the Phoenix area freeway system, we can pump about 3.1 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 22,500 gallon swimming pool in less than 3 minutes.

How many traffic signs are there?

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  • 230,468 traffic signs statewide 

How many striping miles are there in the state?

ADOT Facts
  • 6,960 center lane miles maintained by ADOT
  • About 29,456 striping miles, requiring about 126,700 gallons of paint

How many Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) features do we have?

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  • 28,045 lighting fixtures
  • 7,610 tunnel lighting fixtures
  • 9,413 lighting posts
  • 609 traffic signals
  • 844 closed-circuit television feeds
  • 371 load centers (Central District)
  • 304 digital message boards
  • 264 metered ramps

Transportation Planning and Programming

Vehicular Miles Traveled (VMT) by roadway

ADOT Facts
  FY2022 FY2023
TOTAL daily VMT 208.6 million 206.7 million
Arterial roadways 84.8 million 84.3 million
Interstate highways 44.7 million 44.9 million
Other freeway and expressways 27.3 million 28.0 million
Local roadways 20.9 million 21.5 million
Collector roadways 30.9 million 30.9 million

 

Roadway types (managed by ADOT)

ADOT Facts
  • 75,231 TOTAL (centerline) miles
  • 55,238 miles of local roadway
  • 11,703 miles of collector roadway
  • 6,848 miles of other arterial roadway
  • 1,168 miles of interstate highway
  • 272 miles of other freeway and expressway

Five-Year Program Information Related to Roads (2022-2026)

ADOT revenues
  • Five-Year Program information related to roads (2021-2025):

  • $2.8 billion for pavement and bridge preservation
  • $573 million for highway system expansion
  • $845 million for highway modernization

Long-Range Transportation Plan information:

ADOT revenues

    • $231.4 billion highway capital needs to 2040 (estimated)
    • $69.1 billion revenues (estimated)
    • $162.3 billion funding gap (estimated)

    Airport funding grants provided to airports in Arizona

    ADOT revenues
    • $57.2 million total average annual program dollars
    • 67 airports served

    Public transit federal funding grants allocated to Arizona providers

    ADOT revenues
    • $16.3 million, 28 providers to serve rural public transit needs
    • $6.0 million, 45 providers to serve the elderly and persons with disabilities
    • $6.6 million, 11 providers for buses and bus facilities
    • $4.2 million, 8 providers for transit planning needs
    • $23.6 million, 6 providers for small urban area needs