Office of Port Infrastructure Development and Congestion Mitigation

The Office of Port Infrastructure Development & Congestion Mitigation was established to assist with port, terminal, waterway, and transportation network development issues:

• Coordinating and managing port infrastructure projects for a variety of entities, including state, local, and territorial authorities.
• Leading national efforts to reduce congestion on the Nation’s highways and rails by promoting the use of waterways and ports.
• Coordinating and directing studies, surveys, and investigations of port and intermodal facilities, including recommending improvements in their operation and new locations and types of facilities and equipment that make the entire transportation system more efficient and productive.
• Informing and advising organizations and individuals in the analysis of intermodal economics, the development of applicable information systems, investigating institutional and regulatory impediments and the application of appropriate transportation management systems.
• Informing the general public concerning the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Act – A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) and successor legislation.
• Providing technical advice and education on ports to foreign countries, and furnishing foreign port information to the Congress and government agencies.

Click on the links below to go to the various program element pages within this Office.

• Port and Terminal Infrastructure Development
• Intermodal Transport Networks
• Technology and Demonstrations
• System Data and Information
• Port Investment and Finance
• TIGER Grants