Accomplishments
Under the leadership of Secretary Duffy and President Trump, the U.S. Department of Transportation is leading an ambitious effort to build big, beautiful things again. Safety, efficiency, and innovation are the building blocks of a new golden age of transportation. The Trump-Duffy agenda is delivering results at an unprecedented pace to unlock what’s possible beyond a new horizon.
USDOT has begun to build an all-new, state-of-the-art air traffic control system thanks to the $12.5 billion Congress delivered in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
• Read our release here.
• Read Secretary Duffy’s op-ed in Newsweek.
• Read Secretary Duffy’s op-ed in Fox News.
FAA made historic progress on air traffic control overhaul with 1/3 of all copper wires replaced, 148 new radio system installed, and surface awareness systems deployed across 44 towers.
• Read our release here.
USDOT is surging hiring of air traffic controllers by streamlining the hiring process at the academy, expanding the number of CTI programs across the country, and offering cash incentives to become a controller. The result? We're setting hiring records and are up 20% from the last administration’s hiring pace last year. This effort has attracted nearly 1,000 top students into the rigorous FAA Academy including 600 in July alone.
• Read our releases here and here.
FAA upgraded Newark airport to achieve most on-time June departure rate ever.
• Read our release here.
USDOT canceled illegal truck licenses for thousands of unqualified foreign drivers and removed 3,000 schools from Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Training Provider Registry (TPR).
• Read our release here and here.
USDOT compelled 49 states to come into compliance with English proficiency standards for commercial driver’s licenses.
• Read our release here.
• Read our release on English proficiency rules here.
• Read Secretary Duffy’s op-ed in Breitbart.
Secretary Duffy inherited an unprecedented backlog of roughly 3,200 unobligated grants from Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg. USDOT has stripped previous DEI and climate requirements from the grant process and already obligated funding for almost 50% of the backlog. That translate to roughly $9 billion out the door to jumpstart projects and get dirt moving again.
USDOT delivered the single largest emergency relief package in departmental history to communities devastated by Hurricane Helene.
• Read our release here.
• Read Secretary Duffy’s op-ed in the Charlotte Observer.
Secretary Duffy has saved taxpayers approximately $14 billion since inauguration in total and eliminated 600,000 words of regulation.
Secretary Duffy exposed California’s high-speed rail as a $135 billion dollar train to nowhere and pulled a $4 billion grant from the project.
• Read our release on the report here.
• Read our release on the grant here.
• Read Secretary Duffy’s op-ed in the Sacramento Bee.
Secretary Duffy saved taxpayers $60 million by pulling funds for another high-speed rail boondoggle in Texas.
• Read our release here.
Secretary Duffy saved taxpayers $26 million by cancelling a grant for the Baltimore-Washington Superconducting Magnetic Levitation (SCMAGLEV) Project.
• Read our release here.
USDOT gave Texas more responsibility over environmental reviews under NEPA.
• Read our release here.
USDOT is revitalizing Union Station as part of President Trump’s agenda to make D.C. safe and beautiful. This back-to-basics initiative also launched new high-speed Acela trains to accelerate rail transportation.
• Read our releases here and here.
USDOT is rebuilding Penn Station in Trump time with reconstruction on track to break ground for one of the biggest projects in American history by the end of 2027.
• Read our release here.
Secretary Duffy is holding blue states accountable over neglected transit networks and investing in real safety for more cops and less fare evasion.
• Read our releases here, here, here, here, and here.
Secretary Duffy removed the scandal-plagued Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) from leading the Penn Station Reconstruction project. This decision saved taxpayers $120 million.
• Read our release here.
Secretary Duffy appointed Andy Byford to the Amtrak Board of Directors for the redevelopment of New York Penn Station.
• Read our release here.
USDOT gave Texas more responsibility over environmental reviews under NEPA.
• Read our release here.
Secretary Duffy is driving innovation forward with an automated vehicle framework. Eliminating the complicated state patchwork of regulations will remove roadblocks to the commercial deployment of next generation vehicles.
• Read our release here.
Secretary Duffy released a new rule to unleash American drone dominance pioneering the future of the airspace.
• Read our release here.
Secretary Duffy unveiled the first-ever National Advanced Air Mobility Strategy to unlock the future of flight.
• Read our release here.