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October recap: Specialty Plate Spotlight

You can rev up support for your favorite charity by getting a specialty license plate from the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Motor Vehicle Division!

An ADOT snowplow in action in northern Arizona (ADOT file photo)

1 November 2023

ADOT prepares snowplows in advance of season’s winter weather

ADOT’s statewide fleet of snowplows is ready to roll now that crews have completed the annual process of equipping the vehicles with what’s needed to clear snow and ice from state highways. Read more

An overhead message board displaying a traffic safety message on a highway.

Conjuring up past Halloween traffic safety messages

For several years, ADOT has placed traffic safety messages on overhead message boards. Often, these messages relate to holidays, like Halloween, and other events that are front-of-mind for people.

If a customer has failed to return a vehicle after defaulting on a loan, how does the lienholder initiate a vehicle registration suspension?

Visit the lienholder’s AZ MVD Now account and use the Failure to Return Vehicle service.

MVD Redaction Program

MVD Redaction Program

An aerial view of a highway in an urban area.

Doing the splits! Watch for new lane configurations this fall on I-10 in the Broadway Curve area

Sometimes splitting up is hard to do.

30 October 2023

ADOT spins haunted tale about scary Halloween traffic

One of the scariest things when Halloween falls on a weekday is the ghoulish drive home when so many commuters head to our freeways at just about the same creepy time. ADOT doesn't want you to go

State Route 187: SR 387 to SR 87 Improvement Project

The Arizona Department of Transportation began a pavement preservation project on State Route 187 on the Gila River Indian Community in October 2025. These improvements include pavement preservation, shoulder widening and adding new turn lanes. These improvements will reduce congestion and improve mobility.

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26 October 2023

ADOT unveils three new specialty license plates

With the addition of Empower, In Loving Memory and State Forty Eight specialty plates, MVD now offers 101 options that can be viewed at azdot.gov/plates and ordered at azmvdnow.gov/plates.

Throwback: Pets rescued on Arizona highways over the years

Editor's note: Updated December 2024 with additional rescues.

Every so often, we get a call about a dog or cat that has made its way onto the freeway. Not only are these extremely dangerous situations for the animals, it also threatens the safety of unexpecting motorists and the responders – often, ADOT crews – who attempt to rescue them.

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