U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is a cabinet-level executive department of the U.S. government. It is the primary agency in the federal government with the responsibility for shaping and administering policies and programs to protect and enhance the safety, adequacy, and efficiency of the transportation system and services.
Many climate change related projects and initiatives fall under the DOT's jurisdiction, primarily through the Federal Highway Administration's "Highways and Climate Change" Program (see separate entry). Related resources can also be found in the DOT's "Transportation and CC Clearinghouse" (see separate entry)
Phone: (202) 366-4000
Sectors:
Related Organizations:
- Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
- John A. Volpe National Transportation System Center
- U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Climate Change Center and Environmental Forecasting
Related Resources:
- Executive Order 13508 - Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration
- EPA Green Infrastructure Collaborative
- HUD-DOT-EPA Partnership for Sustainable Communities: Tools and Key Resources
- FHWA Climate Change Adaptation Federal Aid Program
- U.S. Department of Transportation CMIP Climate Data Processing Tool
- Federal Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans Mandated by Executive Order 14008
- Transportation and Climate Change Clearinghouse (TCCC)
- Synthesis and Assessment Product (SAP) 4.7: Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure - Gulf Coast Study
- U.S. Department of Transportation Climate Adaptation Plan: Ensuring Transportation Infrastructure and System Resilience
- Beyond Traffic: Trends and Choices 2045
- EPA Greening America's Communities Program
- Recommendations of the Build America Investment Initiative Interagency Working Group
- DOT TIGER Grant Program
- U.S. Department of Transportation's Vulnerability Assessment Scoring Tool (VAST)
- Transportation Climate Change Sensitivity Matrix
- U.S. Department of Transportation's Gulf Coast Study
- Assessing Criticality in Transportation Adaptation Planning
- DOT Fastlane Grants
- DOT BUILD Grant Program
- USDOT Surface Transportation Block Grant Program
- U.S. Department of Transportation Infrastructure For Rebuilding America (INFRA) Program
- DOT Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant Program
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