Planning

Having executive directors of key planning organizations on the Executive Leadership Team will help ensure that planning for passenger rail between Phoenix and Tucson aligns with regional priorities. It also will facilitate coordinated decision-making and advocacy.

Comments are welcome through Friday, Sept. 6, on ADOT's proposed update to its Strategic Highway Safety Plan and a draft of the state’s first Active Transportation Safety Action Plan, which aims to reduce pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities.

The plan, which is not project-specific, sets transportation investment priorities for ADOT based on anticipated future revenues and system needs. You can review it at ADOT2050Plan.com.

A broad cross-section of Arizonans, nearly 10,000 in all, took surveys, attended public meetings and shared comments through the public involvement process. The plan, which is updated every five years, is available for review at ADOT2050plan.com. 

You are getting away for a long weekend in the White Mountains. Or maybe you are coming back from a vacation at Rocky Point. Either way, you are on the highway and wondering how much longer until you reach your destination.

Then, a little farther down the road, you see a familiar green shape. It's a sign letting you know that you are now X miles from Pinetop-Lakeside or have Y miles left to get to Phoenix.

PHOENIX – The Draft Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement for the 55-mile North-South Corridor, stretching from US 60 in Apache Junction to Interstate 10 in Eloy in Pinal County, is now available for review and comment.

Following several years of study, technical analysis and input from communities and stakeholders, moving to this phase is a milestone for the proposed corridor.

Have you ever wondered why 411th Avenue in Tonopah is Exit 95 off Interstate 10? Or why if you are turning on to Dragoon Road in southeastern Arizona you take Exit 318?

Or how about using Exit 67 to get to Dateland from Interstate 8, or Exit 322 on Interstate 17 to get to Munds Park?

The answer is deceptively simple: It's all about mileposts.

This year ADOT will continue to make improvements in our state transportation system to ensure we keeps Arizona’s economy moving.

We let you know recently about an opportunity to help chart our transportation future by participating in the National Household Travel Survey if yours is among up to 30,000 households invited.

Projects to improve Arizona’s highway system through expansion, preservation and modernization were formally approved to move forward.

The State Transportation Board voted last week to adopt the 2015-2019 Five-Year Transportation Facilities Construction Program.

Transportation Management Plans help manage and minimize the impact of ADOT construction.

The State Transportation Board voted yesterday to formally adopt the 2014-2018 Five-Year Transportation Facilities Construction Program.

There’s just one more public hearing for ADOT’s Five-Year Construction Program and the meeting is coming up soon …

It’s almost time for the next public hearing on ADOT’s tentative Five-Year Construction Program …

ADOT’s tentative Five-Year Construction Program is now online and available for your review and comments ...

Short of a time machine, travel demand models might just be the next best thing for taking a glimpse at the future of our transportation system. So, what is a travel demand model?

ADOT’s Long-Range Transportation Plan was formally adopted earlier this month. ADOT planners will now use the Long-Range Transportation Plan as a guide to build a transportation system designed to carry Arizona into the future! But just who is this group – otherwise known as the State Transportation Board – that adopted the plan?

You’d be amazed by how much there is to learn just by counting cars (yes, cars…not cards!)… Traffic counts are exactly what the name implies – physical counts of the traffic on a particular road – and ADOT takes them at approximately 1,400 locations around Arizona.

Smooth takeoffs and easy landings require airport runways that are maintained and cared for … because no pilot (or passenger) wants to hit a pothole on the taxiway. But, keeping an airport’s pavement in good condition takes some vigilance – extreme temperatures, wear from heavy loads and age can all take their toll on pavement. Smaller, publicly owned airports in the state might not have the budget, or the manpower, to handle needed repairs.