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The Mission is to provide a safe, efficient, accessible, and inter-modal transportation system that ensures the mobility of people and goods, and enhances and/or preserves economic prosperity and the quality of life. Department of Transportation is responsible to plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain State facilities in all modes of transportation, including air, water, and land. Coordination with other State, County, and Federal programs is maintained in order to achieve the objective. The Department currently provides, operates, and maintains eleven (11) commercial service airports, four (4) general aviation airports; nine (9) commercial harbors; and two thousand four hundred fifty (2,450) lane miles of highway. Four of the five major airports now serve domestic overseas carriers. The Department of Transportation was formed shortly after Hawaii became a state in 1959. It has three divisions, Airports, Harbors and Highways, which are supported by 10 departmental staff offices. The offices are: Statewide Transportation Planning, Special Compliances, Public Affairs, Visitor Information, PPB Management and Analytical, Personnel, Business Management, Contracts, Computer Systems and Services, and Property Management. The DOT is composed of four principle sub-programs: Air Transportation Facilities and Services, Water Transportation Facilities and Services, Land Transportation Facilities and Services, and Overall Program Support for Transportation Facilities and Services. A total of 35 individual, lower-level programs and their associated plans are included in the Multi-Year Program and Financial Plan for the period 1999-2005. The three divisions of DOT; Airports, Harbors and Highways, work with their Federal counterparts; Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Coast Guard and Federal Highways Administration, in order to keep Hawaii coordinated with overall U.S. standards. Closer to home, since county transportation systems must complement the State system, the counties Planning Commission and Department of Public Works assist in determining the needs and priorities of transportation facilities. In addition, City and County of Honolulu performs maintenance activities on all traffic lights on Oahu and provides an abandoned vehicle removal service from State highways on the island of Oahu.

Address: Aliiaimoku Building 869 Punchbowl Street Honolulu, HI 96813
Telephone: (808) 587-2150
Fax: (808) 587-2167
Website: http://www.state.hi.us/dot/