Women in Transportation

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March 1, 2021 | Blog Articles
By Angela DeWelles / ADOT Communications

For Women's History Month we talked with several women at ADOT about how they entered into a career in transportation.

March 17, 2020 | Blog Articles
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications

Our last Construction Academy session is different from the rest by specifically helping women find a career in the industry.

February 20, 2020 | News/Press Release

PHOENIX – An Arizona Department of Transportation training program that helps members of economically disadvantaged groups launch careers in transportation construction is getting ready to hold its first session just for women.

By focusing the next two-week Construction Academy, to be held March 2-13 in Phoenix, ADOT’s On-The-Job-Training Supportive Services Program is helping address underrepresentation by women in the field. Women comprise about 9 percent of construction workers nationally, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

April 26, 2012 | Blog Articles

In the transportation industry, one of the greatest ways to connect with the future now is to watch a construction project take shape.

March 13, 2012 | Blog Articles

Something kind of cool came across our desk and we wanted to share … The Metropolitan Phoenix Chapter of WTS – an organization aimed at advancing women in transportation – sent out a news release that says two Arizona students and their mentors are headed to Washington DC to meet federal officials and take part in some key transportation-related events, including the DC Youth Summit.