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United States Department of Transportation

The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is headed by the secretary of transportation, who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet.

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Headquarters
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, D.C.
Annual budget
US$87.6 billion (FY2021, enacted)
Child agencies
Federal Aviation Administration · Federal Highway Administration · Federal Railroad Administration · Federal Transit Administration · Maritime Administration
Deputy Secretary responsible
Steven G. Bradbury
Employees
58,622
Formed
April 1, 1967; 59 years ago (1967-04-01)

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United States Department of Transportation

Nodes90
Edges89
Triples21
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022222
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United States Department of Transportation

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Child agencies · 6
United States Department of Transportation → Additional agencies, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Maritime Administration
related to External links · 5
United States Department of Transportation → Federal Register, Official, States Department, Transportation, USAspending
Headquarters · 2
United States Department of Transportation → .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, D.C.
Annual budget · 1
United States Department of Transportation → US$87.6 billion (FY2021, enacted)
Deputy Secretary responsible · 1
United States Department of Transportation → Steven G. Bradbury
Employees · 1
United States Department of Transportation → 58,622
Formed · 1
United States Department of Transportation → April 1, 1967; 59 years ago (1967-04-01)
Jurisdiction · 1
United States Department of Transportation → U.S. federal government
Key document · 1
United States Department of Transportation → Department of Transportation Act
Secretary responsible · 1
United States Department of Transportation → Sean Duffy

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transportation act federal department pub transit projects stat highway states government aviation united budget national president administration secretary agencies funding

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United States Department of TransportationAnnual budgetUS$87.6 billion (FY2021, enacted)1.00infobox
United States Department of TransportationChild agenciesFederal Aviation Administration1.00infobox
United States Department of TransportationChild agenciesFederal Highway Administration1.00infobox
United States Department of TransportationChild agenciesFederal Railroad Administration1.00infobox
United States Department of TransportationChild agenciesFederal Transit Administration1.00infobox
United States Department of TransportationChild agenciesMaritime Administration1.00infobox
United States Department of TransportationChild agenciesAdditional agencies1.00infobox
United States Department of TransportationDeputy Secretary responsibleSteven G. Bradbury1.00infobox
United States Department of TransportationEmployees58,6221.00infobox
United States Department of TransportationFormedApril 1, 1967; 59 years ago (1967-04-01)1.00infobox
United States Department of TransportationHeadquarters1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, D.C.1.00infobox
United States Department of TransportationHeadquarters.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
United States Department of TransportationJurisdictionU.S. federal government1.00infobox
United States Department of TransportationKey documentDepartment of Transportation Act1.00infobox
United States Department of TransportationSecretary responsibleSean Duffy1.00infobox
United States Department of TransportationWebsitetransportation.gov1.00infobox

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