Federal agency
Department of Transportation
Highways, transit, aviation, rail, and related infrastructure.
What this means
DOT funds and oversees major transportation programs, often financed in part by dedicated excise taxes flowing through trust funds. Award figures on The Ledger come from archived USAspending awarding-agency rollups (obligations). That is not the same as every dollar the agency outlays.
Source key: department-of-transportation
In the data
Award obligations · FFY 2024
$119.6B
Awarding agency code DOT
Years archived
7
Fiscal years with this agency in the awards rollup
| Fiscal year | Obligations |
|---|---|
| FFY 2024 | $119.6B |
| FFY 2023 | $112.2B |
| FFY 2022 | $129.3B |
| FFY 2021 | $108.1B |
| FFY 2018 | $74.9B |
| FFY 2017 | $68.3B |
| FFY 2016 | $70.2B |
Obligations are legal commitments, not the same as Treasury outlays. See award obligations and agency outlays.