Arizona Department of Transportation

An event scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 22, is designed to help small businesses and firms qualifying for ADOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program compete for contracts in the transportation industry. With a theme of “Bridging Inclusive Growth,” the ADOT DBE & Small Business Conference will be held at the Delta Hotel in Mesa. It will feature extensive opportunities for networking, discussions with prime contractors, one-on-one appointments with buying agencies and prime contractors, educational breakout sessions, opportunities to learn about ADOT programs designed to help build businesses and much more. Join us for an opportunity to hear from prominent leaders in the transportation sector including ADOT’s Deputy Director Teresa Welborn, who will share their expertise and insights on current trends and future developments in the industry. This conference is designed to support disadvantaged business enterprises and small businesses, while welcoming participation from all businesses, public agencies, vendors and community partners interested in the transportation sector. The goal is to equip small businesses and those owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals with the tools and resources necessary to compete for federally funded transportation projects. For more information and to register, please visit the ADOT’s DBE Supportive Services Program website at azdot.gov/DBE.

The ADOT Motor Vehicle Division attended a Sensory Awareness Family Event (S.A.F.E) hosted by Trader Joe's with Gilbert, Arizona police and fire departments this week. They were able to provide education on the Blue Envelope Program and hand out Blue Envelopes to those who wanted them. Great work, ADOT MVD!

Thanks to everyone who turned out Saturday for our National Cleanup Day event along Loop 202 in Tempe! This was a great chance for community members and ADOT staff to promote the Adopt a Highway program and how cleaner roadsides help keep Arizona grand. If you're interested in adopting a highway mile near you, please visit azdot.gov/adoptahighway.

Whether you're heading to the Sphere, catching a concert or trying your luck at the tables, Las Vegas is a draw for many Arizonans. But if your trip back falls on a busy travel weekend, your luck can run out approaching Kingman on southbound US 93. That's why we're so excited about a project underway to create a free-flowing interchange between US 93 and Interstate 40. This improvement will free drivers passing through Kingman from needing to negotiate Beale Street's traffic lights to reach I-40. And it will improve traffic flow for area residents as well. In this episode of On the Road With ADOT, we provides an update on this interchange project and other highway projects northwestern Arizona. Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3zkGZTz Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3XePxDE

The project that constructed Loop 303 interchanges at 43rd and 51st avenues near Interstate 17 in Phoenix has been named a top 12 finalist in the 2024 America’s Transportation Awards competition. This designation makes the $70 million Loop 303 project eligible for two different honors: the Grand Prize and the People’s Choice Award. The competition is sponsored by AASHTO, an association representing highway and transportation departments nationwide, as well as AAA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Through Oct. 29, you can vote once daily for the People’s Choice Award here: https://bit.ly/3AQdRUS ADOT partnered with the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG), the regional transportation planning agency, and city of Phoenix to accelerate construction of the Loop 303 bridges and ramps to address current and future traffic growth near the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plant in the north Valley. The interchanges were completed in September 2023, several years sooner than originally planned.

Farewell, summer travel season. It's been a blast. If you're like some Arizonans, you're already thinking about getting ways to escape the heat next summer. And for many of us, that thinking should include whether you have your Arizona Travel ID. That's why this episode of our podcast, On the Road With ADOT, features Motor Vehicle Division Director Eric Jorgensen. He explains that, come May 7, 2025, a form of identification like the Arizona Travel ID will be required for air travel. Please spend a few minutes listening to Eric chat with our host, Doug Nintzel, and you'll be better prepared for this major change in how we travel. Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Tf21dd Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3TigYv0

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Exciting projects are underway and in the works for the Tucson area. And that's what we're featuring in this episode of our podcast, On the Road With ADOT. Garin Groff, our public information officer for southern Arizona, visits with host Doug Nintzel about the current project widening and reconstructing Interstate 10 between Ruthrauff and Ina roads on the northwest side of the Tucson area. He also previews a project that will widen and reconstruct a stretch of I-10 east from Kino Parkway southeast of downtown and another that will reconstruct the Interstate 19 interchange at Irvington Road. Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/4dy8gkf Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3SZHjxQ

ADOT is proud to partner with the American Society of Civil Engineers Transportation and Development Institute (T&DI) for the 2025 Transportation Conferences, June 8-11, 2025, in Glendale, Arizona, where the International Conference on Transportation and Development (ICTD 2025) will be co-locating with the International Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference (Pavements 2025). Interested in presenting your work at these conferences? Learn more about submission topics by visiting the ICTD 2025 and Pavements 2025 websites. #ICTD25: https://www.asce-ictd.org/ #Pavements25: https://lnkd.in/edqDC-Y

A partnership between the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division and the Homeless ID Project has helped more than 8,300 people get state-issued IDs in its first year at the Keys To Change campus near downtown Phoenix. Nearly 6,600 clients experiencing instability or homelessness have been able to get replacement driver licenses or state IDs at the campus, while an additional 1,800 people were connected with help available beyond the location. Getting a state-issued ID is essential for obtaining housing, services and employment. MVD’s presence began with an on-site representative and has transitioned to a TeleMVD location connecting clients with live assistance. “The TeleMVD setup inside the Homeless ID Project offices is an exciting opportunity for MVD to use technology to provide services at places they are needed at the moment our customers need them,” said Eric Jorgensen, ADOT Motor Vehicle Division Director. “With TeleMVD directly on site, we are excited to assist the Homeless ID Project with their community efforts helping those individuals experiencing homelessness.” The MVD presence complements the efforts of the Homeless ID Project, which helps provide documents, including replacement copies of birth certificates from all 50 states, on the Keys To Change campus. “After one full year, our appreciation for this service remains high,” said Homeless ID Project Executive Director Rick Mitchell. “We are truly grateful to the Department. The partnership with ADOT/MVD has been a game changer in our efforts to help so many of our clients.” This location is set up with the computer equipment, printer, scanner and camera necessary to help fulfill requests as a TeleMVD office in which customers can conduct many transactions with MVD representatives located elsewhere. TeleMVD allows a customer to complete dozens of vehicle and driver license services without having to travel to an MVD office.