The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently released the latest episode in its “State DOT 2-Minute Update” video series; this one focusing on the Arizona Department of Transportation.
[Above photo by AASHTO]
The video features Jennifer Toth, Arizona DOT’s director, highlighting her agency’s new collaboration with three major Arizona universities; a partnership aimed at fast tracking long-term research efforts that will strengthen safety, planning, operations, mobility, and artificial intelligence-driven innovation across the state.
Toth noted those efforts aim to build up a strong research base for the agency to help pave the way for future technical training programs that will ultimately help support Arizona’s growing transportation needs.
Toth previously outlined how her agency is trying to prepare for future transportation demand as part of knowledge session held in November at the AASHTO 2025 Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City .
That knowledge session detailed how states can leverage transportation infrastructure to foster regional growth and better guide land development decisions.
During that session, Toth emphasized that local collaboration is critical to how transportation investment and land use work together to improve and enhance economic and quality of life improvements.
“If we can be proactive in our discussions with our local governments, if we can have them keep us informed and vice versa, the better off we all will be in terms of building a transportation system that can drive the economy,” she said.
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