Office of the Secretary of Transportation

The Under Secretary serves as the principal advisor to the Secretary and provides leadership in the development of the Department’s national transportation strategy and goals. The Under Secretary provides leadership in the development of policies for the Department, generating proposals and providing advice regarding legislative and regulatory initiatives across all modes of transportation. The Under Secretary also directs transportation policy development and works to ensure that the Nation’s transportation resources function as an integrated national system. The Office has 5 subordinate offices, one of which is the Office of Transportation Policy. In this office, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy is 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 streamlining environmental reviews of transportation infrastructure. View More