United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation

The deputy secretary of transportation advises and assists the secretary of transportation in the supervision and direction of the Department of Transportation (DOT). The deputy secretary would succeed the secretary in his or her absence, sickness, or unavailability.

United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation
Seal of the department
Flag of the deputy secretary
Incumbent Steven G. Bradbury since March 13, 2025
United States Department of Transportation
Style	Mr. Deputy Secretary
Reports to	United States Secretary of Transportation
Seat	Washington, D.C.
Appointer	The president with Senate advice and consent
Term length	No fixed term 49 U.S.C. § 102
First holder	Darrell M. Trent
Salary	Executive Schedule, level II
Website	www.transportation.gov

List of deputy secretaries of transportation

#	Image	Name	Term began	Term ended	President served
1		Darrell M. Trent	1981	1983	Ronald Reagan
2		James H. Burnley IV	1983	December 3, 1987
3		Mimi Weyforth Dawson	December 3, 1987	January 20, 1989
4		Elaine Chao	April 19, 1989	October 18, 1991	George H. W. Bush
5		James B. Busey IV	December 4, 1991	February 21, 1992[1]
6		Mortimer L. Downey	May 28, 1993	January 20, 2001	Bill Clinton
7		Michael Peter Jackson	May 5, 2001	August 28, 2003	George W. Bush
8		Maria Cino	May 6, 2005	March 3, 2007
9		Thomas J. Barrett	June 1, 2007	May 1, 2009	George W. Bush Barack Obama
10		John Porcari	June 1, 2009	December 27, 2013	Barack Obama
11		Victor Mendez	December 27, 2013	July 24, 2014
			July 24, 2014	January 20, 2017
12		Jeffrey A. Rosen	May 18, 2017	May 21, 2019	Donald Trump
–		Steven G. Bradbury (acting)	September 10, 2019	January 20, 2021
13		Polly Trottenberg	April 14, 2021	January 20, 2025	Joe Biden
14		Steven G. Bradbury	March 13, 2025	Incumbent	Donald Trump