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and its employees moved into
new territory last year. We
? F launched a bold anti-drunk driv-
ing campaign featuring the young victim of a fiery car crash. We
also led the way in reducing pollution by helping private indus-
try bring environmentally-friendly fuels to market. With your help
and contributions, we conducted our own operations more and
more like a successful business. And we forged new relation-
ships by reaching out to the public, business owners and local
and state officials, helping to bolster the state's economic
health, public safety and overall quality of life.
To streamline TxDOT's business processes, the members of
the Transportation Commission laid out a simplified plan for
Department operations involving five steps that are fast becom-
ing a TxDOT mantra:
Plan It.....Build It....Use It....Maintain It....Manage It.
We appreciate your willingness to embrace this new
approach to how we perform our jobs.
The Commission also has identified the five primary
objectives that we will pursue in 2003 and beyond:
O Reliable mobility (ensure that people and goods move
efficiently)
O Improved safety (reduce roadway fatalities)
O System preservation (maintain and improve existing
roads)
O Accelerated project delivery (streamline average project
completion time)
O Economic vitality (attract prosperity to all Texas
communities)
Thanks to the work that you do, Texas roads, waterways and
airports connect Texans to one another and to a world of
opportunities that raises the quality of life for all Texans, busi-
nesses and visitors. When the Highway Department began in
1917, its charter was to "get the farmer out of the mud." Our
current goal and mission points us down an equally practical if
more complicated road: to move the commuter on to work,
bring economic prosperity to every corner of the state, and
improve safety to an all time high.
We have a lot to be proud of as TxDOT employees, both for
our work over the years and for what we accomplished in
2002. Thank you for your help in bringing about the achieve-
ments highlighted in this 2002 Annual Summary.
- Mike Behrens
Executive Director}DOT-2002-- - - - - - - --- --y- 3
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