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Press Releases

If you are interested in searching for press releases prior to 2025, please visit our News Archive.

Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Applauds Confirmation of Administrators for FHWA, NHTSA, and PHMSA

September 18, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today welcomed three new Administrators to the Department after the U.S. Senate today confirmed the following nominations in an en bloc vote of 51-47. They are: 

Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Announces Availability of Over $40 Million to Improve Roadway Safety on Tribal Lands and Get America Building Again

September 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced over $40 million in available funding to help Tribal governments improve roadways and address transportation safety issues through the Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund (TTPSF). The updated funding opportunity removes woke Biden-era language that tied critical infrastructure funding to social justice and Green New Scam climate initiatives. It also ensures selections are merit-based.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Announces $175 Million to Build and Improve Ferry Boat Service

August 12, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Sean P. Duffy today announced $175 million in funding under the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Ferry Boat Program (FBP) to 35 states, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa. The formula funding will improve ferry service and provide more cost-effective travel options for communities across the country that rely on ferries to get to work, promote tourism, and enable commerce.

President Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Unveils Revised NEVI Guidance to Allow States to Actually Build EV Chargers

August 11, 2025

‘If Congress is requiring the federal government to support charging stations, let’s cut the waste and do it right’

Contact: FHWA.PressOffice@dot.gov

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Kicks Off Surface Transportation Reauthorization to Get America Building Again

July 17, 2025

First-of-its kind conference brings together Congress, State DOTs, infrastructure stakeholders to usher in golden age of transportation

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy to Governors: Roads are for Safety, Not Politics

July 1, 2025

Governors have 60 days to identify needed safety improvements

Contact: FHWA.PressOffice@dot.gov