Office of Transportation Policy
The Office of Transportation Policy is the office responsible for recommending overall surface transportation policy initiatives to the Secretary. The office coordinates multi-modal initiatives and processes, such as the development of DOT's proposed reauthorization language, and the coordination of the President's Executive Order on expediting environmental reviews and approvals of transportation infrastructure.
The Office of Transportation Policy also reviews all proposed DOT rulemakings, legislation, testimony and reports to Congress. Additionally, the office is responsible for reviewing economic analyses of air safety regulations, reviewing airport infrastructure programs, and planning air freight policies.
The Office of Transportation Policy is comprised of four supporting offices:
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News and Announcements
July 3, 2024
Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program FY24 NOFO is now live and due September 30, 2024.
The Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST) has released an FY24 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) program. This is a continuation of two previous rounds of RCP Funding in FY22 and FY23. The RCP Program focuses on improving access to daily needs such as jobs, education, healthcare, food, nature, and recreation, and foster equitable development and restoration, and provide technical assistance to further these goals.
June 26, 2024
RAISE is a keystone program of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, rebuilding and repairing critical infrastructure using American-made materials and spurring historic levels of private sector investment in regions around the country. Investing in key transportation infrastructure initiatives through programs like RAISE is growing the economy from the middle out and bottom up, lowering costs for families, and creating good-paying, union jobs for American workers in their home communities.
June 11, 2024
Key Excerpt: "With more than 50,000 projects underway that are funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, American workers in towns across the country are rebuilding and improving the infrastructure we count on – roads, bridges, airports, railways, and transit systems – with materials made right here in America.
The video features members of United Steel Workers (USW) Local 1165 in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, including Brandon, a third-generation Coatesville resident, and Stacey, a USW member for more than 35 years. Steel produced at the Coatesville mill is being used in infrastructure projects across the country."