Department of Transportation

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

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How to use Department of Transportation in a sentence

The vehicles, which will have additional sensor and communications tech onboard, will gather lane line information, and eventually Honda will share it with other entities, like Ohio’s Department of Transportation.
Honda will soon start patrolling Ohio highways to improve the roads|Rob Verger|December 16, 2021|Popular-Science
Missouri’s Department of Transportation is responsible for the drain that Aaleya was pulled through.
Storm Drains Keep Swallowing People During Floods|by Topher Sanders|December 9, 2021|ProPublica
Right now, Department of Transportation regulations don’t allow commercial truck drivers to use cannabis, even if those drivers use the drug in their off-hours and live in states where it’s legal.
Shipping is broken. Here’s how to fix it.|Rebecca Heilweil|November 5, 2021|Vox
In Woodland, Washington, where the state Department of Transportation prefers roundabout construction, the city council voted to instead upgrade its signalized intersections.
Should Traffic Lights Be Abolished? (Ep. 454)|Stephen J. Dubner|March 11, 2021|Freakonomics

Their friendship began when Krauss, who was chairman of the physics department at Case Western in Cleveland, sought out Epstein.
Sleazy Billionaire’s Double Life Featured Beach Parties With Stephen Hawking|M.L. Nestel|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The “doctorate” Duke claims is from an anti-Semitic Ukranian “diploma mill” as described by the State Department.
The Price of Steve Scalise’s Silence|Jason Berry|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Seventy-two adults between the ages of 18 and 50 are participating in the trial, led by the pediatrics department at Oxford.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The State Department found that with high oil prices, the tar sands would be mined for oil, pipeline or no.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Jan. 4|PunditFact.com|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Pulling oil from the tar sands is costly, even more so when you tack transportation costs on top.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Jan. 4|PunditFact.com|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
At the latter date all artists were obliged to vacate the Sorbonne ateliers to make room for some new department of instruction.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
There is one other department of children's art which clearly does deserve to be studied with some care—their drawing.
Children's Ways|James Sully
But Lessard's a overbearin' son-of-a-gun all round, and he's always breakin' out in a new place.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
The percentage of reserves to deposits, which marks the safety line for England, refers to the items in the banking department.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips

Cultural definitions for Department of Transportation

Department of Transportation

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.