About DOT

What We Do

Mission

Advance safety. Move people and goods. Build big and beautiful infrastructure.

Vision

            Usher in a Golden Age of transportation for the United States.

Values

• Safety first
• Back to basics
• Affordability and efficiency
• Slash red tape
• Accelerate American innovation
• Restore maritime dominance
• Unleash American energy

Statutory Authority

The Department of Transportation was established by an act of Congress on October 15, 1966. The Department’s first official day of operation was April 1, 1967.