Talk:United States Department of Transportation

Untitled
Does anyone know why i can't make the DOT logo smaller? It appears to not be working! --Quadraxis 16:02, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

The Original DOT?
The US Department of the Treasury pre-dates the US Department of Transportation by 177 years. Is there any reason why Treasury didn't hold the acronym "DOT" first? Thanks.Signof4 01:42, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Well if you think about it and use "of" and "the", Treasury would be DOTT not DOT. If you don't, it's just "DT". So as you can see there's not an attractive abbreviation. It's usually just called the Treasury Department for short. --Triadian (talk) 23:50, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Budget
I understand that the budget request for DOT's 2010 fiscal year may be the amount posted, but a layman like me found it misleading of what the normal budget for DOT is. I had to go looking via Google to find a better idea of what the normal numbers are. Here is a site that I found useful that showed the 2009 budget request which was $68 billion: http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=8675 Don't know if you would find it appropriate to change that on the page or think about it. Thank you Yankhill (talk) 04:11, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings
WhisperToMe (talk) 17:10, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I found:
 * "OFFICE OF AVIATION ENFORCEMENT AND PROCEEDINGS." May 23, 1997
 * "OFICINA DE EJECUCIÓN DE NORMAS Y DE ASUNTOS JUDICIALES RELATIVOS A LA AVIACIÓN."

National Transit Database
Does anyone think we should add information about the NTD? There isn't a separate article about it, but I would say it's notable. It collects yearly information about almost every public transit system in the US! In fact, we actually use it a lot for stats to put in articles. There is more information on their website. RES2773 (talk) 14:32, 9 August 2015 (UTC)RES2773

Explanation of DoT's Triskelion Symbol
According to an | official DoT webpage, the triskelion symbol "&hellip; was designed by James M. Ashworth, an FAA employee, and his family &hellip;. The family said that using the triskelion (a symbol of progress in heraldry) in the emblem symbolizes continual progress in development of safe, rapid, and economical transportation. Ground, air, and water transportation are depicted in the three branches of the triskelion, and the counterclockwise motion stresses USDOT efforts to reduce travel time." Josh-Levin@ieee.org (talk) 12:01, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Pick-up trucks
Pick-=up trucks called high rollers can have their bumpers 2-3 feet off the ground (allowing them to run over normal production vehicles) but semi trucks and trailers are required to have a drop down bumper 18 inches off the groound. Do you see anything wrong with this picture. High rollers should be off road vehicles only!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:8B27:7320:1118:696:278:E007 (talk) 03:37, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Origin of the symbol?
Anybody know where the symbol came from?

It's a Triskelion as far as I can tell, I'm not sure its origin of use though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:6001:E24C:A700:5DD6:6D4C:CAF9:CD84 (talk) 02:59, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

request edit DOT Seal
To whomever may help me make an edit to this article:

The image used in this article as the "DOT Seal" is incorrect. I know this as I am the US Department of Transportation's Sr. Intellectual Property counsel and one of my responsibilities is to monitor and protect the Department's Seal. I am not familiar with the page editing process in Wikipedia and would like to get this error corrected. If someone would be willing to assist me, I can provide an appropriate image of the Seal for use on this page. I can be reached at IntelProp@dot.gov.

Thank you in advance, Crduckerjr (talk) 15:45, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Reply 2-FEB-2020
Regards, Spintendo  20:43, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Please provide a reference for the requested change.
 * When ready to proceed with the requested information, kindly change the  template's answer parameter to read from yes to no. Thank you!