Transportation Policy | US Department of Transportation

The Office of Transportation Policy is the office responsible for recommending overall surface transportation policy initiatives to the Secretary.  The office coordinates multi-modal initiatives and processes, such as the development of DOT’s proposed reauthorization language, and the coordination of the President’s Executive Order on expediting environmental reviews and approvals of transportation infrastructure.

The Office of Transportation Policy also reviews all proposed DOT rulemakings, legislation, testimony and reports to Congress.  Additionally, the office is responsible for reviewing economic analyses of air safety regulations, reviewing airport infrastructure programs, and planning air freight policies.

The Office of Transportation Policy is comprised of four supporting offices:

News and Announcements

June 26, 2024

Investing in America: From improving road safety to revitalizing communities and creating economic opportunity, all 50 states, four territories, and the District of Columbia will receive RAISE grants this year from President Biden’s infrastructure law.

 RAISE is a keystone program of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, rebuilding and repairing critical infrastructure using American-made materials and spurring historic levels of private sector investment in regions around the country. Investing in key transportation infrastructure initiatives through programs like RAISE is growing the economy from the middle out and bottom up, lowering costs for families, and creating good-paying, union jobs for American workers in their home communities.

June 11, 2024

Investing in America: New Short-Form Documentary Highlights How President Biden’s Infrastructure Projects Nationwide are Being Built with American-Made Steel, By American Workers

Key Excerpt: “With more than 50,000 projects underway that are funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, American workers in towns across the country are rebuilding and improving the infrastructure we count on – roads, bridges, airports, railways, and transit systems – with materials made right here in America.

The video features members of United Steel Workers (USW) Local 1165 in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, including Brandon, a third-generation Coatesville resident, and Stacey, a USW member for more than 35 years. Steel produced at the Coatesville mill is being used in infrastructure projects across the country.”

MAY 13, 2024

“Investing in America: Chinatown Stitch” New Short-Form Documentary Focuses on How Biden-Harris Administration Funding is Reconnecting Historic Community in Philadelphia

Key Excerpt: “…as part of Infrastructure Week and during Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the U.S. Department of Transportation released the second installment of its “Investing in America” video series, focused on the Chinatown Stitch project in Philadelphia. The Chinatown Stitch project received $159 million from the Biden-Harris Administration to cap the Vine Street Expressway with greenspace and implement other improvements — addressing historic inequities, reconnecting the Chinatown community, and improving quality of life.  

This video features interviews from leaders in the neighborhood including Cecilia Moy Yep, known as the godmother of Chinatown. The video tells the history of the Chinatown Stitch project going back to the mid-1960s. The video is available in closed captioning for English, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.”

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Last updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2024