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U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary LaHood Awards $400,000 to Develop Hybrid Road Locomotive Technologies. U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary LaHood Awards more than $400,000 to Improve Track Safety MassDOT Receives $2.7 Million to Improve Freight and Passenger Service

Introducing the redesigned www.dot.gov

Welcome. You might have noticed some big changes to this site. We've redesigned our online gateway from the bottom up with you--the people who visit our pages--in mind.