State Highway Commission of Kansas and the Kansas Department of Transportation : selected newspaper clippings, 1927-1999 / Collected and photocopied by the Kansas State Historical Society. 1927-1999.
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Kansas State Historical Society. Library and Archives Division
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Kansas. Department of Transportation
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In August of 1975, the State Highway Commission of Kansas was renamed the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) through statute K.S.A. 75-5001. KDOT coordinates the planning, development, and operation of the various modes and systems of transportation in Kansas. It is the goal of the agency to promote, plan, develop, maintain, and operate a safe, efficient, balanced multi-modally integrated statewide transportation system adequate to meet the present and future needs in moving people and g...
State Highway Commission of Kansas
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The Kansas State Highway Commission was created in 1917 and consisted of three members: the governor, who was the ex officio chairman; and two members appointed by him or her from districts defined by law. They served four-year terms. The commission was repealed in 1925 and was recreated consisting of three members appointed by the governor from named districts for four-year terms. The commission from their own membership selected the chairman. In 1927, the membership of the commission was incre...
Kansas Highway Patrol
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In 1933, the Kansas Legislature, Governor Alfred Landon, and Highway Department Attorney Wint Smith acted to halt the rampant bank robberies and crime sprees of the 1920s and 1930s. They created a force of ten motor vehicle inspectors, forerunners of Kansas troopers. The Legislature officially organized the Kansas Highway Patrol in 1937. All appointees had to pass a physical exam and be U.S. citizens, at least 24 years old, of good health and moral character, and without a criminal record. The 1...
