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A major ADOT effort has dramatically reduced the agency's inactive projects balance, allowing ready-to-go projects to advance sooner.

Director John Halikowski shares how the Arizona Department of Transportation collaborates with other agencies to improve service and save taxpayer dollars.

A new website allows you to learn many of the improvements ADOT has made using the Arizona Management System.

We wrap up our celebration of National Engineers Week with a big continuous improvement win that's helping us deliver more highway projects on schedule.

ADOT's culture of continuous improvement looks has employees looking for cost savings everywhere, including the trunk of old vehicles.

Because we live in a digital world, more MVD services are going online.

PHOENIX – An Arizona Department of Transportation safety training program for commercial vehicle drivers using international ports of entry is proving so popular with trucking companies and government officials in Mexico that ADOT has doubled the number of training sessions planned for this fall.

PHOENIX – Opening a new customer service location usually means cutting a ribbon at the door, but that can’t happen at the newest Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division offices because they’re located entirely in cyberspace.

An analysis of MVD customer traffic for the 2017 fiscal year shows that the upsurge in online usage at ServiceArizona.com and its associated kiosks is essentially the same amount of traffic experienced at two large urban “brick and mortar” MVD offices.

ADOT continues to improve efficiency at our international ports of entry to support commercial traffic and boost the economy.

This video explains how one employee's suggestion on wiper fluid has paid big dividends at our vehicle maintenance shops.

PHOENIX – A popular smartphone messaging app is helping to make Arizona roads safer for motorists and truck drivers while reducing congestion at the international border and boosting Arizona’s economy.

As part of a first-of-its-kind safety certification program for truck drivers and trucking firms in Mexico, the Arizona Department of Transportation is using WhatsApp to help qualified drivers and mechanics know whether their trucks meet Arizona safety requirements before heading to the border.

Saving money and saving energy are two benefits of retrofitting ADOT's electronic overhead message boards.

PHOENIX ‒ A bright idea by Arizona Department of Transportation employees delivers clearer messages on overhead electronic signs along state highways, while saving taxpayer dollars.

What difference can half an hour make? A huge one when it results in an 80 percent reduction in employee overtime.

Culture of continuous improvement leads to a street sweeper innovation.

One ADOT employee invented a way to prevent graffiti, saving the agency time and money and improving safety.

PHOENIX – With graffiti an ongoing threat to interstate freeway signs mounted on overpasses, an Arizona Department of Transportation employee invented an inexpensive metal shield that helps keep vandals and their spray paint at bay.

In ADOT’s culture of continuous improvement, this innovation by Interstate Signing Supervisor Dudley Heller is referred to as kaizen, something enhancing productivity, safety, efficiency and more.

ADOT has embraced the Continuous Improvement culture and is streamlining its processes. Today's blog details more ways the agency is saving time and money.