Agency: Transportation

Function

The Utah Department of Transportation's mission is 'Quality Transportation Today, Better Transportation Tomorrow.' The department recognizes that good transportation leads to economic prosperity and a better quality of life.

To achieve these ends, the department strives for four strategic goals:

1. taking care of what we have;
2. making the system work better;
3. improving safety; and
4. increasing capacity.

The Utah Department of Transportation is responsible for over 5,800 miles of highways - 13% of the state's total highway road system of over 44,000 miles. However, 67% of the total annual travel is on these roads. This responsibility includes snow removal, signage, bridges, repairs, building, and maintenance as well as the Traffic Operations Center with live camera coverage for monitoring road conditions, accidents, and safety.

The Utah Department of Transportation has offices throughout the state. The main office in the Calvin Rampton Building in Salt Lake City houses general administration, community relations, port of entry administration, labs, and vehicle maintenance. There are four region offices and three district offices from Ogden to Cedar City. Personnel in each region or district office oversee administration, construction, and maintenance of all state roads, highways, and freeways within their area.

Statutory Authority

The Utah Department of Transportation is governed by the Transportation Code, Title 72 of the Utah Code.

• UCA 72-01 Department of Transportation Administration
• UCA 72-02 Transportation Finances
• UCA 72-03 Highway Jurisdiction and Classification
• UCA 72-04 Designation of State Highways
• UCA 72-05 Rights-of-Way
• UCA 72-06 Construction, Maintenance, and Operations
• UCA 72-07 Protection of Highways
• UCA 72-08 Pedestrian Safety and Facilities Act
• UCA 72-09 Motor Carrier Safety Act
• UCA 72-10 Aeronautics
• UCA 72-11 Passenger Ropeway Systems
• UCA 72-12 Travel Reduction

Performance

2011 Bridge System Performance Goal: Have no more than 10 percent of the bridge system rated in 'poor' condition and have action plans in place to repair or replace each bridge when needed. The 2010 performance goal was the same and was met.

2011 Preservation and Rehabilitation Performance Goal: Through UDOT's efforts, the ride quality is in good or fair condition on 99 percent of the Interstates, 96 percent of Level 1 roadways and 84 percent of Level 2 roadways. Performance goals were met on interstate highways. Level 2 highways performance was less than the 84 percent goal. As part of its preservation and rehabilitation efforts, UDOT spent $200 million taking care of 5,840 miles of state highways.

2011 Snow and Ice Removal Performance Goal: UDOT's target grade for state maintained roads is an B. 2010 Accomplishment: The target for snow and ice removal for FY 2011 was an A-; UDOT met the goal for the fiscal year at a cost of $23.5 million.

2011 Traveler Information Performance Goals: Continue to increase use of both the CommuterLink website and 511® Travel Info by 10 percent annually. Improve the CommuterLink website by providing a weather and road condtition map, and the mobile website by including a real-time traffic flow map and travel time data. 2010 Accomplishments: Use of the CommuterLink website grew by approximately 18 percent in 2010 over 2009. Calls to 511 increased in 2010 due to more harsh winter weather.

2011 Express Lanes Performance Goals: • Open the Express Lanes to electronic collection by the end of August 2010. • Operate the Express Lanes to maintain at least a 55 mph speed 90 percent of the time. • Manage Express Lanes usage so as to shift at least 500 vehicles in the peak hour from the general purpose lanes to the Express Lanes while maintaining at least 55 mph speed 90 percent of the time.

2011 Traffic Signal Coordination Performance Goals: • Identify corridors in need of timing improvements. • Implement improved timing and document the results with 'before and after' studies. • Implement a pilot project for Adaptive Control System Lite, signal timing software for closedloop arterial systems. 2010 Accomplishments: • UDOT optimized signals along 12 corridors in Regions 1, 2, and 3 plus 153 intersections in the Salt Lake City Central Business District.

2011 Zero Fatalities Performance Goals: • Continue to increase public awareness of safety issues. • Forge new partnerships with organizations across the state. 2010 Accomplishments: • Overall 75 percent of Utahns surveyed have knowledge of the Zero Fatalities program and admitted the program has influenced their driving behavior.

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