Policy
FY 2025 BUILD Grants Notice of Funding Opportunity
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TIGER 2015 Discretionary Grant Pre-Application Instructions
The Pre-Application helps DOT allocate staff resources for the evaluation process, allows applicants to provide identifying information about their project, and assists DOT in clarifying and addressing eligibility questions before the Final Application is submitted Need help? Please...Secretary Foxx Sends Six-Year Transportation Bill to Congress
WASHINGTON – Over the past year, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has visited more than 100 communities and heard one common story – shared by all – about crumbling infrastructure and dwindling resources to fix it with. Today, Secretary Foxx sent to Congress his solution to...
GROW AMERICA: Enhancing Safety
Improving Transportation SafetyThe GROW AMERICA Act will take critical steps to safeguard the traveling public. The GROW AMERICA Act addresses unacceptable safety vulnerabilities on our transportation network – vulnerabilities that pose a potential threat to the health and welfare of all American...U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces $194 Million TIFIA Loan for Orlando’s Wekiva Parkway
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced a Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan for approximately $194 million to help pay for the construction of five sections of the Wekiva Parkway in Orlando, Fla.
Local Hiring contracting initiative
NPRM Comment Period Extended to May 6
DOT is launching a new one-year Contracting Initiative as a pilot program --for FHWA and FTA recipients-- to evaluate the use of social and economic contracting requirements that have traditionally been disallowed due to concerns about their impact on...
Secretary Foxx Calls on Congress to Invest in America’s Infrastructure
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today completed his four-day bus tour in our nation’s capital to urge Congress to act on a long-term transportation bill. While traveling through five states – Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia – Secretary Foxx...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces Proposed Rule to Increase State Safety Oversight of Rail Transit Systems
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today at Washington’s Union Station a proposed rule to increase oversight responsibilities of State Safety Oversight Agencies (SSOAs) by replacing the existing outdated regulatory framework with one designed to better...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Calls for Transportation Investment During Visit to Durham, NC
DURHAM, N.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was joined today by Congressman G.K. Butterfield and Durham Mayor William V. “Bill” Bell at an event in downtown Durham to highlight the proposed Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit (LRT) Project and the benefits that increased investment in...