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Mission Statements - State DOTs: AASHTO Region 2 States

AASHTO Region 2 States

This region includes the southeastern states, from Virginia to Florida and west to Arkansas and Louisiana. Puerto Rico is also part of this region.

Map: AASHTO Agency Administration Managing Committee

Alabama

ALDOT Mission Statement - To provide a safe, efficient, environmentally sound intermodal transportation system for all users, especially the taxpayers of Alabama. To also facilitate economic and social development and prosperity through the efficient movement of people and goods and to facilitate intermodal connections within Alabama. ALDOT must also demand excellence in transportation and be involved in promoting adequate funding to promote and maintain Alabama's transportation infrastructure.

Arkansas

Core Values: Safety, Public Service, Teamwork, Quality, Integrity, and Efficiency

Mission Statement: Provide safe and efficient transportation solutions to support Arkansas’ economy and enhance the quality of life for generations to come.

Vision Statement: Continue to preserve and improve Arkansas’ transportation system emphasizing safety, efficiency, quality, trust, and stewardship with a public service focused workforce.

Florida

Our Values

One FDOT - We are one agency, one team.

INTEGRITY - We always do what is right.

RESPECT - We value diversity, talent and ideas.

COMMITMENT - We do what we say we are going to do.

TRUST - We are open and fair.

CUSTOMER DRIVEN -  We listen to our customers. 

Our Mission

The department will provide a safe transportation system that ensures the mobility of people and goods, enhances economic prosperity, and preserves the quality of our environment and communities.

Our Vision

As one FDOT team, we serve the people of Florida by providing a transportation network that is well planned, supports economic growth, and has the goal of being congestion and fatality free.

Georgia

VISION
The purpose of the vision is to state where the agency wants to be in the long term. Connecting transportation’s role in the economic success of the State of Georgia is an important aspiration. Therefore, the Department’s vision statement captures the Governor’s vision to enhance Georgia’s competitiveness.


Georgia DOT’s vision statement: Boost Georgia's competitiveness via leadership in transportation.


MISSION
At its simplest, the mission statement answers why the Department exists. The best descriptors of why the Georgia DOT exists include the Department’s role in providing a transportation system that is focused on innovation, safety, sustainability and mobility.


Georgia DOT’s mission statement: Deliver a transportation system focused on innovation, safety, sustainability and mobility

Kentucky

Vision, Mission and Goals:
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is charged with the task of providing a safe and environmentally sound transportation system as reflected in the Cabinet’s Mission Statement below. As a state agency, we must satisfy our customers. For the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, this translates into listening to their needs so that we can effectively meet their expectations. Following this course, we have learned our customers expect safer roads, smoother pavements, and improved traffic flow across the Commonwealth.


Cabinet’s Vision:
Working together to lead the Southeast in providing a transportation infrastructure and transportation services for the 21st century that deliver new economic opportunities for all Kentuckians.


Cabinet’s Mission:
To provide a safe, efficient, environmentally sound and fiscally responsible transportation system that delivers economic opportunity and enhances the quality of life in Kentucky. In preparation for the Long-Range Statewide Transportation Plan, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet reviewed and considered several basic documents, guiding principles and a visioning process to assist in the development of the goals and objectives for this long-range plan and to set the direction for Kentucky’s transportation system over the next twenty-five years. Those documents and findings are listed and detailed below.
⇒ FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION “MOVING AHEAD” REPORT – A report, prepared by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in February 2001, found that the public has substantial dissatisfaction with travel delays due to heavy traffic and expects continuing efforts to improve highway safety and pavement conditions. This report recommends smarter road management and operation and asserts that building more highways is a lower public priority.
⇒ FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION STRATEGIC GOALS – At the federal government level, the FHWA has embraced the public’s desires to improve safety, upgrade pavement conditions, and improve traffic flow as critical elements of the national highway program strategy. FHWA has included these elements in its “Vital Few” strategic goals.

Louisiana

Vision: To be a leader moving Louisiana forward.

Mission: To deliver transportation and public works systems that enhance quality of life and facilitate economic growth.

Values: LDOTD is committed to earning the public's trust, holding to the highest moral, ethical, and professional standards.

Mississippi

The Mississippi Department of Transportation is responsible for providing a safe intermodal transportation network that is planned, designed, constructed and maintained in an effective, cost efficient, and environmentally sensitive manner

North Carolina

Mission Statement: Connecting people, products, and places safely and efficiently with customer focus, accountability and environmental sensitivity to enhance the economy and vitality of North Carolina.

South Carolina

Purpose:
SCDOT’s purpose is to provide a safe, properly maintained transportation network that adequately supports citizens, visitors and commerce throughout the state. The road and bridge system SCDOT is responsible for consists of 41,422 miles of roads and 8,402 bridges, establishing it as the fourth largest state-owned highway system in the nation according to the Federal Highway Administration.
Mission:
SCDOT’s statutory mission (Section 57-1-30, SC Code of Laws) is:
“The department shall have as its functions and purposes the systematic planning, construction, maintenance and operation of the state highway system and the development of a statewide intermodal and freight system that is consistent with the needs and desires of the public.”
Vision:
The SCDOT vision is, “To provide safe, reliable transportation systems.” The vision statement captures the essence of SCDOT’s focus and direction. It provides unity and clarity to individual and collective efforts to accomplish the agency’s mission. The agency strives to provide infrastructure and effective support for a healthy South Carolina economy through smart stewardship of all available resources.
Values:
SCDOT is a values-based organization. These values are found in its employees throughout the agency. SCDOT’s workforce serves as the foundation to accomplish its mission and achieve its vision. SCDOT’s values are:
Service
Commitment
Delivery
Opportunity
Trust

Tennessee

Mission - The mission states TDOT's overall purpose and function in serving our customers.

Vision - The vision defines the desired state TDOT would like to achieve in the future.

Values - These values define how the organization and our people are expected to operate and work with others as we develop and deliver products and services.

Virginia

Mission Statement

Our mission is to plan, deliver, operate and maintain a transportation system that is safe, enables easy movement of people and goods, enhances the economy and improves our quality of life.


Shared Values in Public Service

  • Be responsive to customer needs, consider what the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) does in terms of how it benefits our customers, and treat customers with respect, courtesy and fairness.
  • Commit to safety and continuous improvement in everything we do, learning from mistakes and successes alike.
  • Trust, respect, support and encourage each other.
  • Respect and protect the public investment.
  • Make decisions based on facts and sound judgment and accept accountability for our actions.
  • Strengthen our expertise in using information, tools, and technology to achieve high performance and stay on the cutting edge.
  • Think ahead, acting and planning creatively for today and tomorrow.


Code of Ethics

As an employee of the Commonwealth of Virginia and its Department of Transportation, I will:

  • Commit to be a trusted steward of public resources
  • Act with integrity in all relationships and actions in the work environment
  • Abide by Virginia’s Standards of Conduct for employees
  • Not engage in conflicts of interest between my private interest and my professional role
  • Not use public resources for personal gain
  • Not accept or give gifts in violation of the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act
  • Not knowingly make a false or fraudulent statement
  • Not knowingly conduct or condone any illegal or improper activity

West Virginia

Mission Statement

The West Virginia Department of Transportation's mission is to responsibly provide a safe, efficient and reliable transportation system that supports economic opportunity and quality of life.