Our Strategic Plan
WSDOT's Strategic Plan provides the vision, mission and values that guide the work of the agency. The important work of the agency is focused in three key areas - Inclusion, Practical Solutions and Workforce Development. For more information, see WSDOT Strategic Plan Flyer (pdf 208 kb) or Fact Sheet (pdf 180 kb).
Under Secretary Roger Millar, WSDOT Strategic Plan represents a shift in the way we do business. Our Inclusion efforts ensure we engage with our employees, communities and partners as we collaboratively deliver the program. Practical Solutions allows us to leverage our limited funding to get the most capacity and safety out of the entire multimodal transportation system. Our focus on Workforce Development ensures that we attract and retain a quality workforce to meet our legislative, regulatory, service and public expectations.
Our vision
Washington travelers have a safe, sustainable and integrated multimodal transportation system.
Our mission
We provide safe, reliable and cost-effective transportation options to improve communities and economic vitality for people and businesses.
What we value
- Safety
Promote public and employee safety - Engagement
Include all perspectives, disciplines and backgrounds in our outreach and decision making, employing a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve - Innovation
Encourage creativity, continuous improvement and the advancement of technology
- Integrity
Be ethical, accountable, responsive and trustworthy - Leadership
Inspire, motivate, develop and support each other - Sustainability
Be resource stewards by supporting economic, environmental and community needs
Our goals
Inclusion
Through Inclusion, WSDOT is strengthening our commitment to diversity and engagement in all WSDOT business processes, functions and services to ensure every voice is heard. This goal has both an internal and an external focus to assure that we have an inclusive and diverse workforce while at the same time, meeting our Disadvantaged Business Enterprise goals and creating opportunities for underrepresented populations to do business with us.
Practical Solutions
Practical Solutions prioritizes innovative, timely and cost-effective decisions, with our partners, to operate, maintain, plan and build our multimodal transportation system. It places emphasis on managing assets to appropriate condition and service levels, integrating transportation modes to complement each other. Practical Solutions is about making agency investment and operating decisions based on balancing transportation, community, economic and land use needs within legal and budgetary constraints. To that end, WSDOT is engaging with partners to plan, operate and deliver complementary system investments.
Workforce Development
WSDOT wants to be an employer of choice and is creating a modern work environment. We're proactively working to find the best possible talent for the agency, while taking steps to retain our quality workforce. As part of our Workforce Development goal, we listen and act on employee feedback and we provide training and other opportunities for development. At the same time, we evaluate systems to achieve and maintain competitive compensation.
Alignment with the Governor's Results Washington
WSDOT's strategic plan aligns with the Governor's strategic framework Results Washington.
What are our next steps for implementing WSDOT's Direction?
- The strategic plan is intended to be a living document that will be periodically updated, refined and improved.
- Results will be reported in the Gray Notebook. WSDOT's quarterly performance report.
- WSDOT has developed implementation work plans to move WSDOT closer to achieving our desired outcomes with limited resources.