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Department of Transportation

Federal agency · top-tier · the money flowing out to recipients.
$134.9B
obligated · FY2025
307
recipients
142,454
awards
10
sub-agencies

Obligations by year

≈ computed
$112.7B
FY20
$108.1B
FY21
$129.3B
FY22
$112.2B
FY23
$119.6B
FY24
$134.9B
FY25
▲ 20%
since FY20

Where this money goes

✓ from source
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTA
TOP RECIPIENTS
Department of Transportation
$134.9B
FY2025 obligated
National Railroad
$15.2B
Department of
$6.3B
Texas Department
$6B
Metropolitan Transportation
$3.4B
Department of
$3.3B
302 other recipients
$100.8B
band width = obligations · FY2025 · source: USASpending.gov

How it spends

≈ computed · awards by type
122,728grants
17,319contracts
1,604contract vehicles
746direct payments
51other
6loans

What it funds

Highway Planning and Construction$67.1B
Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail$10.6B
Federal Transit Formula Grants$9.8B
Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs$8.9B
National Railroad Passenger Corporation Grants$6.7B
State of Good Repair Grants Program$4.4B
Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants$4B
Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs$2.3B

Sub-agencies

Federal Highway Administration$71.6B
Federal Transit Administration$23.9B
Federal Railroad Administration$18B
Federal Aviation Administration$15.9B
Maritime Administration$1.8B
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration$1.4B
Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$1.1B
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration$695.2M
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration$576.1M
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation$10.5M

Largest awards

Grant 69A36522503700AMTDC
awarded 2022$15.6B
Grant NY-2022-002
awarded 2022$6.2B
Grant 69A36522503710AMTDC
awarded 2022$5.9B
Grant NY-2022-001
awarded 2021$4.1B
Mta Section 5307 Cares Act Operating
awarded 2020$4B
Existing Baltimore Potomac (B P) Tunnel, Located Beneath West Baltimore, Dates…
awarded 2024$3.9B
A Fy 2022-2023 Federal State Partnership Northeast Corridor Program Grant for…
awarded 2024$2.8B
Project Includes Row Acquisition, Final Design, Construction, and Rolling Stock…
awarded 2024$2.7B

The agency’s biggest individual awards by total value, largest first.

Congressional oversight

House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureSenate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationHouse Committee on AppropriationsSenate Committee on Appropriations

≈ inferred the congressional committees whose jurisdiction covers this agency (curated). Oversight is context, not control, and not a claim of influence over any award.

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