1. KANSAS DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION
KDOT Update
JULY 2018

2. KDOT Mission
“To provide a statewide transportation system to meet the needs of Kansas.”
Kansas Department of Transportation

3. Modes TRANSIT ROAD SKY RAIL www.ksdot.org
Kansas Department of Transportation

4. Aviation in Kansas
This F-35A was transported to the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University earlier this year.
Kansas Department of Transportation

5. Kansas Airport Improvement Program
Local Funding Resources
Twenty-Four Projects at airports across the state have been selected for KAIP funding for planning, constructing or rehabilitating public use general aviation airports.
Kansas Department of Transportation

6. UAS Integration Pilot Program
KDOT was selected as one of 10 participants in the FAA’s UAS Integration Pilot Program, which will shape the future of Drones in the US.
Kansas Department of Transportation

7. Land in Kansas
Comprehensive, multi-agency approach to economic growth.
Presents a bold and direct message that Kansas is open for business.
Kansas Department of Transportation

8. Division of Innovative Technologies
New Division
Responsible with leading the state into the future by working to bring innovative technologies that relate to transportation and management data to Kansas.
Currently looking at ways to bring businesses and upstarts of a new technology to expand the system in Kansas.
Kansas Department of Transportation

9. Truck Parking Information Management System
Multi-state Truck Parking Information System.
Will improve safety and efficiency of America’s freight network.
Provides real-time parking availability to truck drivers through dynamic messages, phone aps, websites and other communication methods.
Kansas Department of Transportation

10. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Kansas has one percent of the country’s population but it is home to three and a half percent of the public road miles that make up our country’s system.
Kansas Department of Transportation

11. Kansas Transportationw
140,000 Miles- 4th largest in nation.
25,000 bridges- 5,000 on state system
20,000 on local systems
State Highway and Interstate systems continue to earn high scores in pavement condition.
State Bridge Conditions are also improving.
Kansas Department of Transportation

12. Moving the Economy
On average, $606 million worth of freight moves across the state daily.
9,414 center line miles make up the state highway system
32 billion public miles traveled
Over 2 Million registered drivers and vehicles.
Kansas Department of Transportation

13. Kansas Rail
There are 4,529 miles of rail lines owned and operated in Kansas:
1,452 Shortline miles
2,723 Class 1 miles
41 Switching/Terminal miles In 2017, over 7.4 million rail carloads traveled across KDOT tracks.
Two new transload facilities are in operation in Great Bend and Garden City.
Kansas Department of Transportation

14. LEWIS & CLARK VIADUCT

15. LEWIS & CLARK VIADUCT
Reconstruction of the Westbound Lewis and Clark Viaduct will begin this year.
$64 Million Project
Expected to finish in 2020

16. Looking Ahead
KDOT worked with the Kansas Legislature to create a transportation task force. Leading into the next transportation program.
We are actively recruiting engineers.
Moving Kansas into the future with the new Division of Innovative Technologies.
Kansas Department of Transportation

17. Transportation Task Force
A bill was passed in the Kansas Legislature to create a transportation task force.
The task force will be made up of a mix of legislators and transportation stakeholders from industry, government (local and state) and users.
The task force will meet at least 8 times across the state in open meetings.
Kansas Department of Transportation

18. = 211 Engineers KDOT Engineers Engineers at KDOT Eligible to Retire in
157
Eligible to
Retire in
3 Years
Continuing their
KDOT Career 24 30
Eligible to
Retire Now
= 211
Engineers
Kansas Department of Transportation

19. KANSAS DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION
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