The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) oversees transportation issues in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Presently, PennDOT supports over 40,500 miles of state roads and highways, about 25,000 bridges, as well as new roadway construction, the exception being the Pennsylvania Turnpike system, although they currently follow PennDOT policies and procedures. In addition, other modes of transportation are supervised or supported by PennDOT. These include aviation, rail traffic, mass transit, intrastate highway shipping traffic, motor vehicle safety & licensing, and driver licensing. PennDOT also supports the Ports of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Erie. The current budget is approximately $3.8 billion in federal and state funds. The state budget is supported by the motor vehicle fuels tax which is dedicated solely to transportation issues.

In recent years, PennDOT has focused on intermodal transportation. This is a broad attempt to enhance both commerce and public transportation.

PennDOT employs approximately 11,000 people.

PennDOT has extensive traffic cameras set up throughout various parts of major cities in the state, such as Philadelphia and urban Luzerne County. The latter's cameras are actually fed through to a television channel for Service Electric cable customers, usually 77 or 22.

See also

• List of State Routes in Pennsylvania

External links

• PennDOT

Transportation in Pennsylvania | State departments of transportation