The Innovative DOT: A Handbook of Policy and Practice. SSTI, Smart Growth America, 2015.
This handbook was published in 2015 by SSTI and Smart Growth America. In February 2025, we released an updated Innovative DOT framework. View the updated framework here.
The Innovative DOT Handbook, produced by SSTI with Smart Growth America, offers 34 specific recommendations to help state transportation officials position their agencies for success in the coming era. Developed with input from top transportation professionals, agency staff, and officials at state agencies around the nation, this handbook documents many of the innovative approaches leaders are taking to make transportation systems more efficient, governments more effective, and constituents better satisfied.