Department of Transportation

noun

1. the department of the U.S. federal government that coordinates and institutes national transportation programs. DOT

Department of Transportation

1. A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.

Example Sentences

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation could not immediately be reached for additional comment.

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The debris flows also damaged Highway 38, prompting the California Department of Transportation to indefinitely close the road from Angelus Oaks to Big Bear.

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Department of Transportation in August proposed a new rule that would make it easier for companies to fly drones over longer distances.

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It’s not clear where Sean Duffy lives most of the time, and a Department of Transportation spokesperson declined to answer questions about where Duffy and his wife each make their primary home.

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The city’s chronic underfunding of the Department of Transportation and street safety programs, exacerbated by budget crises, demonstrates misplaced priorities that treat traffic fatalities as an acceptable “cost of doing business.”

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