Commercial trucking

Blogs/News articles tagged as Commercial trucking

May 15, 2025 | Blog Articles
By Bill Lamoreaux / ADOT Communications
Beginning June 23, certified medical examiners on the National Registry will electronically submit results directly to FMCSA by midnight of the next calendar day. Drivers will no longer submit their MECs directly to MVD after June 22, 2025.
November 6, 2024 | Blog Articles
By Bill Lamoreaux / ADOT Communications

Heads up to all you semi, bus and other commercial vehicle drivers out there. New federal regulations will take effect soon.

October 23, 2024 | News/Press Release
Award of $1.87 million for three locations serving rural Arizona
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has awarded Arizona a $1.87 million grant to improve three commercial driver license (CDL) skills test sites in Arizona. This grant will allow ADOT MVD to advance improvements to the CDL skills test sites important to residents in Prescott, Show Low and Yuma.
March 6, 2024 | News/Press Release
Annual operation set for March 19-20 includes ADOT, AZDPS
More than 50 personnel from ADOT, AZDPS and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will conduct an annual concentrated commercial vehicle safety enforcement detail as part of the Arizona Commercial Vehicle Safety Partnership.
February 2, 2022 | News/Press Release

PHOENIX – More than 400 formerly incarcerated individuals have completed a job-skills training program in trucking, a field that is currently in high-demand. The CDL program is a collaboration between the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry (ADCRR), Department of Economic Security (DES), the Phoenix Truck Driving Institute, and the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS).

August 5, 2021 | News/Press Release

PHOENIX – After wandering across both directions of Interstate 40 on foot and into the eastbound facility of the Topock Port of Entry this past spring, an impaired commercial driver was taken into custody after an ADOT Enforcement and Compliance officer recognized the signs and symptoms of impairment thanks to DUI training.

February 9, 2021 | News/Press Release

PHOENIX – A new feature added to the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Traveler Information 511 website will help commercial vehicle drivers more easily plan their route through the state.  

December 16, 2020 | News/Press Release

PHOENIX – When commercial truckers purchase their permits for driving through Arizona online ahead of time or use a cashless method at the port of entry, they spend less time making payments and get on their way faster.