Mission Statement
Our mission is to keep people and business moving by operating and improving the state’s transportation systems vital to our taxpayers and communities.
These are our management principles:
Leadership
We are committed that WSDOT provide strategic vision and leadership for our state’s transportation needs.
Delivery and Accountability
We shall manage the resources taxpayers and the legislature entrusted to us for the highest possible return on value. We shall be disciplined in our use of both time and money. We shall account for our achievements, our shortcomings and our challenges to citizens, to elected officials, and to other public agencies.
Business Practices
We shall encourage progressive business management practices in delivering cost effective and efficient transportation services. Our quest for short-term cost savings and business process improvement shall be balanced by the long term need to preserve and improve the state’s transportation systems through sound fiscal planning and asset management.
Safety
Concern for the health and safety of the people who use and work on our transportation facilities shall be a paramount value in every area of our business.
Environmental Responsibility
Our work shall incorporate the principles of environmental protection and stewardship into the day-to-day operations of the department as well as the on-going development of the state’s transportation facilities.
Excellence and Integrity
Our employees shall work in a culture of workplace excellence and diversity that encourages creativity and personal responsibility, values teamwork, and always respects the contributions of one another and of those with whom we do business. We shall adhere to the highest standards of courtesy, integrity and ethical conduct. We shall encourage and recognize our employees’ professionalism and their career growth.
Communications
We shall stress the importance of sharing clear, concise and timely information with WSDOT employees, elected officials, community leaders, businesses, citizens and taxpayers, others in the transportation community, with the press and other media. We shall strive for the effectiveness of all our employees in meeting WSDOT’s communications standards.