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This issue is filled with all the news you need to know, including an overview of an upcoming safety campaign and a quick update on some important PDCA projects. Find an article focused on what to know when driving a state vehicle and take a look at photos of the ServiceArizona website back when the World Wide Web was young.

Read about South Mountain Freeway construction. Find out about the new Public Safety Fee. Meet Employee of the Year Tyler Hartung. Learn about the new Google mail and calendar. Discover how updates to AZ511 make travel easier.

Learn about the agency’s Code of Conduct directly from ADOT employees. Read about a major effort recently undertaken by ADOT’s Office of the Inspector General. See how MVD works each year to assist homeless and at-risk veterans. Get the latest on the improvements planned for SR 189.

In this issue, read about the ADOT team that keeps our freeways looking pretty, see how the 5S method has transformed the Holbrook maintenance yard, learn about the employees working to install high-definition traffic cameras around the Valley and go back to the 1970s and see what MVD employees were wearing to work each day.

Read about first-in-nation wrong-way driver detection. Discover how ADOT employees helped homeless veterans.Travel back to 1931 when license plates were made from Arizona copper. Learn about new employee learning system. Meet Safety Award winner Det. Earl Fisher.

Find out how the agency prepares for the legislative session. Read how the actions taken by two ADOT snowplow operators helped saved the day. Meet Bonnie Hartley, an ADOT employee who just celebrated 50 years of state service! Take a far-back look to the far-out year of 1974 when ADOT became ADOT.

In this holiday edition, read Director Halikowski’s letter to Santa, check out photos from the safety calendar award ceremony, get an update on the Adopt an Angel program and take a look back at the Grand Canyon Airport’s past.

Read about ADOT employees' heroics. Meet new K-9s Dona, Hank and Pueblo. Discover how a backlog was reduced by 95%. Know why TSMO won two national awards.Learn driving safety tips from children.

In this issue, read a message from Director John Halikowski, learn about ADOT's Continuous Improvement effort, get to know an ADOT intern, who just graduated with honors, find details on a new ADOT safety campaign starring an NFL player, and see some throwback photos from ADOT's past.

Learn about ADOT’s new mission, vision and True North statements. Find out how the agency is looking to cut office supply expenses with an online auction site described by one employee as an “ADOT Craigslist.” See which team has helped ADOT to recoup more than $5 million. Travel back to 1971 when, apparently, most motorists didn’t wear seat belts.

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Read a message from the director focused on agency accomplishments. Learn about what happened during the recent legislative session. See photos from the Green Shop Award presentation in Yuma. Check out the before-and-after photos from a 5S project in Needle Mountain. Travel back to 1977 and read how pavement friction testing was conducted back then.

Reminisce about ADOT’s beginnings 45 years ago.Learn how to stay safe during dust storms. Read about ADOT employees’ favorite memories. Meet the Safety Message Contest winners.

Get an up-close look at how ADOT employees develop the agency’s five-year program. Find out what it takes to design and construct the work spaces we all use every day — from cubicles and conference rooms to MVD offices around the state. Play our new ADOT license plate bingo game on your next road trip! Learn about new versatile equipment being added to ADOT’s HAMP (and find out what the HAMP is all about).

Read about a new agreement that’s making projects easier. Find out why ADOT maintenance crews ended up behind the walls of Perryville Prison. Learn about the role ADOT plays in a national winter maintenance research group. Check out photos of the “old MVD building” back in the 1930s.

Meet babies who come to work with their parents at ADOT. Read how the Mobile MVD serves customers. Take a look back with ADOT's first female engineer. Learn how a new tool makes shoulder repair faster and safe. Discover how a small change results in big water savings.

Find out where the agency is headed on its Continuous Improvement journey. Read how ECD officers seized 156 pounds of marijuana during back-to-back busts last month. Discover another side of ADOT’s Mentoring Program. Blast back to 1987 and get the scoop on the state’s big speed limit shift.

Get a project update on SR 88, learn about a new partnership that’s bringing efficiency and cost savings, find out what’s new with the Grand Canyon State Logo Signs program and go way back to 1956 when ADOT hired its very first woman engineer.

Learn how I-10/Ina Road improvements provide big benefits. Discover how MVD makes it easier to access services. Read about ADOT leading Arizona’s fleet consolidation. Meet Customer Service Award winner Quinn Farol.

Take a behind-the-scenes look at Arizona Highways and learn how the magazine is still going strong after 90-plus years. See what ASU students came up with when they worked with ADOT to create a new type of cattle guard. Discover how the Yuma Port of Entry is making it easier for customers to buy permits online. Travel back to the 1980s when part of the “Stack” was first opened to traffic.