Fast Facts from ADOT
Public Motor Vehicle Services
Driver licenses in Arizona
FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | |
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Drivers licensed by ADOT MVD | *5,678,867 | *5,873,322 | 5,850,390 |
Travel IDs | 1,122,959 | 1,385,708 | 1,726,258 |
Commercial driver licenses | 112,096 | 114,250 | 119,293 |
* Driver licenses number previously included identification cards. Recent updates exclude these counts.
Vehicles Registered in Arizona
FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | |
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vehicles registered | * 7,828,255 | * 7,444,032 | 7,764,367 |
* Vehicle registrations included an "unassigned category" for law enforcement's use and also included disability placards. Recent updates excluded these counts.
FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | |
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Alternate Fuel and Hybrid Vehicles | 37,477 | 63,147 | 102,793 |
FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | |
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electric vehicles (only) | 34,898 | 40,964 | 58,219 |
MVD Customers, Transactions and Revenues
FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | |
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Customers Served | 2.7 million | 2.6 million | 2.8 million |
Transactions | 15 million | 15 million | 14.6 million |
FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | |
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Online Transactions | $832 million | $861 million | $810 million |
Authorized Third Parties | $632 million | $598 million | $677 million |
ADOT field offices | $157 million | $190 million | $210 million |
other sources | $70.2 million | $84 million | $73 million |
Total Revenue collected | $1.69 billion | $1.73 billion | $1.77 billion |
Road Projects, Preservation & Maintenance
Infrastructure Enhancements: rehabilitation, expansion, modernization, preservation
FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | |
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rehabilitation projects | $228 million | $239 million | $260 million |
expansion projects | $121 million | $231 million | $1,053 million |
modernization projects | $79 million | $129 million | $79 million |
preservation projects | $37 million | $20 million | $17 million |
Spending - trash pickup, emergency response, pothole repair
FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | |
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trash pickup / year | $6.9 million | $7.8 million | $7.3 million |
emergency response / year | $3.2 million | $3.25 million | $2.54 million |
pothole repair / year | $2.5 million | $2.32 million | $2.31 million |
Maintenance - highways, bridges, plowing snow
- 9,440 state highway center lane miles
- 4,873 bridges
- 74 days plowing snow
Transportation Infrastructure Systems, Services & Safety
What is the volume of traffic in the Phoenix Metro area?

- Currently about 10 Billion Vehicle Miles Traveled (per year)
Freeway water removal - what is our capacity?

- With 72 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?

- 205,274 traffic signs statewide
How many striping miles are there in the state?

- 6,960 center lane miles maintained by ADOT
About 26,500 striping miles, requiring about 228,550 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
- 590 traffic signal cabinets
- 458 closed-circuit television feeds
- 355 lighting cabinets
- 301 digital message boards
- 265 metered ramps
Transportation Planning & Programming
Vehicular Miles Traveled (VMT) by Roadway

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

- 74,643 TOTAL (centerline) miles
- 54,586 miles of local roadway
- 11,775 miles of collector roadway
- 6,842 miles of other arterial roadway
- 1,168 miles of interstate highway
- 270 miles of other freeway and expressway
Five-Year Program Information Related to Roads (2022-2026)
Five-year totals:
- $3.06 billion for pavement and bridge preservation
- $1.14 billion for highway system expansion
- $456 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
- $65.8 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
- $18.1 million, 28 providers to serve rural public transit needs
- $6.3 million, 43 providers to serve the elderly and persons with disabilities
- $546,754, 19 providers for buses and bus facilities
- $1 million, 4 providers for transit planning needs
- $3.49 million, 12 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
- 260 police officer detective and civilian positions statewide
Ports of Entry
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Manages 15 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