TransportationFederal spending file
Transportation
Highways, transit, air traffic control, and the trains and roads everything rides on.
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What the money shows
The government spent $197.8B on Transportation in 2025, which is 1.9% of all spending that year. Transportation outlays are up 79.3% from 2017. OMB history lists Transportation at 4.1% of federal outlays in 1962 and 1.9% in 2025. Department of Transportation, the largest agency in this category, handles 85.1% of its latest outlay. The linked lobbying register category is Transportation.
Sources: USAspending · OMB Historical Tables
$198B
Latest outlay
$1.94
Of each $100
+79%
Since FY2017
Transportation
Mapped sector
Agencies spending it
Latest fiscal year, top agencies from USAspending.
Department of Transportation$168B
Department of Homeland Security$28B
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$967M
National Transportation Safety Board$154M
Surface Transportation Board$48M
Federal Maritime Commission$39M
Department of the Treasury$0
Lobbying in this sector
Up to five leading transportation clients in the lobby register.
Share since 1962
OMB history plus live rows once ingested.
Bills moving money here
A sector-filtered doorway into the bills register.
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