Transportation Secretary
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- noun
- Formal
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Secretario de Transporte
- Handicapping the Hunt for the Next Transportation Secretary
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Gov. Pat Quinn are scheduled to be on board when an Amtrak train hits 110 mph for the first time in Illinois.
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The announcement by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson capped the administration's effort to reduce the country's reliance on imported oil and greenhouse gas emissions.
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Poll: Who should be the next U.S. Transportation Secretary?
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Who's your pick to be the next U.S. Transportation Secretary?
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Perhaps Streetsblog should be less concerned with finding fault and share some of the Transportation Secretary's concern for safety.
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood condemned the do-nothing Congress on Friday, too, the Associated Press reports.
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U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., first approached U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood about an extension Thursday.
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today that the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the new, expanded TIFIA loan program is now available.
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As Congress maneuvers to end the political impasse over the next long-term national transportation bill, lawmakers are going to have to debate an increase in the federal gas tax, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today.
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Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced new plans to improve the nation's infrastructure.
Synonyms
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A United States government official who leads the Department of Transportation and makes national transport rules
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'transportation' (movement of people/goods) + 'secretary' (senior official/head of a ministry) yields the head of the transportation department. This title follows a common government-language pattern found across many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the two words will readily infer the role.
Etymology
Transportation Secretary comes from two simple words: transportation (roads, trains and planes) and secretary (a person who manages things for a leader). So the name means the person 'in charge' or 'head' of the country's transport services.