CDOT is an excellent example of how staying connected is important in Transportation. Their website is continually updated with news, traffic issues and projects. They are the modern Transportation Department.
CDOT:
- Maintains, repairs and plows over 23,000 total lane miles of highway
- Maintains 3,447 bridges
- 28 billion miles of vehicle travel annually
- Plows about 6 million lane miles each year
- Spends $69 million annually on snow removal
- Keeps over 35 mountains passes open year-round
- Monitors 278 of 522 avalanche paths
- Administers about $11 million in federal grants for transit operators and $41 million in federal aviation grants for airports
- Manages over $5 million in federal grants for safe driving programs