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  • Home
  • Economic Benefits
    • Attract and Maintain Talent
    • Business and Commerce Growth
    • Economic Expansion
    • Increased Property Value
    • Job Growth
    • Labor Force Participation
    • Local Economic Revitalization
    • Reduced Congestion
    • Reliability
    • Tourism
  • Quality of Life Benefits
    • Accessibility
    • Active Lifestyle
    • Affordability
    • Attractiveness
    • Community Health
    • Environmental Justice
    • Environmental Sustainability
    • Equity
    • Habitat and Ecosystem Conservation
    • Heritage Conservation
    • Housing
    • Land Use Planning and Conservation
    • Noise
    • Resilience
    • Safety
    • Shortened Travel Time
  • Find Your State
  • Read the Report
  • Resources
    • Today’s State DOTs: Leading Transportation Change
    • Transportation Is: Video Stories
    • EconWorks
    • Surface Reauthorization
  • Arizona,  Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation,  Safety

    SR 347 at Union Pacific Railroad

    The Arizona Department of Transportation improved the quality of life and spurred economic activity by eliminating a long-term conflict between freight trains and the community. Waiting. Waiting. And more waiting. That situation was…

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  • Arizona,  Economic Benefits of Transportation,  Economic Expansion

    Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway

    The Arizona Department of Transportation used an innovative contracting approach to speed delivery of the state’s largest single highway project – significantly reducing congestion through downtown Phoenix – saving travel times and increasing…

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  • Arizona,  Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation,  Safety

    I-10/SR 87 Improvement Project with Dust Detection System

    The Arizona Department of Transportation’s first-of-its-kind dust detection and warning system is increasing safety and helping to maintain the movement of freight and goods – even during dangerous monsoon season storms. Blinding dust…

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  • Arizona,  Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation,  Safety

    Wrong-Way Driver Detection System

    Headed home after working the late shift, Phoenix Fire Department Dispatcher Megan Lange’s vehicle was struck – head-on – by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 17 in January 2015. While this wasn’t the…

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  • Arizona,  Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation,  Safety

    US 60 Sign and Striping Project

    “Here we go again.” This is a familiar refrain heard from drivers especially during rush hour traffic on the US 60 westbound in the Tempe/Phoenix area to the tune of 580 crashes from…

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