Below is more information about the agency, including who leads it, how many staff the department employs and what the department does as a whole.
FAST FACTS
Budget: Estimated at $15.3 billion overall, with a $574 million IT budget, according to Industry Navigator.*
Leadership: Marc Williams is the executive director of TxDOT. Anh Selissen is the department’s chief information officer.
Staff: The department has 12,415 full-time equivalent employees, according to TxDOT’s 2023-2027 Strategic Plan.
MORE ABOUT THE AGENCY
TxDOT, originally called the Texas Highway Department, was established in 1917 by the 35th state Legislature. The agency kept its original name until 1975, after which it was renamed the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation.
In 1991, the agency underwent another name change after the state Legislature combined the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, the Department of Aviation and the Texas Motor Vehicle Commission to create TxDOT.
Now the agency’s mission includes developing and operating an integrated transportation system that provides reliable and accessible mobility, enabling economic growth, mitigating congestion, enhancing connectivity and mobility, and improving the reliability of the state’s transportation system.
As for TxDOT’s specific goals, the agency’s 2023-2027 Strategic Plan lists the following:
- Implement a central mechanism for identifying and implementing cost-saving ideas and efficiencies to support increased and faster project delivery.
- Establish a statewide integrated traffic management system enhanced by emerging innovative technologies and data to improve safety, mobility and performance.
- Continue to improve the use of data-driven project prioritization.
- Provide mechanisms for public feedback.
- Develop optimal asset management programs to protect existing infrastructure investments.
- Implement multimodal infrastructure and operational and technological solutions for congestion and mobility needs.
- Provide technology tools, connectivity and training to employees to enhance productivity.
*Industry Navigator is a product of e.Republic, which also produces Industry Insider — Texas.
