The New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT or DOT) is responsible for the management of much of New York City's transportation infrastructure. Iris Weinshall is the current Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, and was appointed by then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani on September 8, 2000. Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... Iris Weinshall is the current commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation. ... Rudy Giuliani Rudolph William Louis Rudy Giuliani III (born May 28, 1944) served as the Mayor of New York City from January 1, 1994 through December 31, 2001. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

The department's responsibilities include day-to-day maintenance of the city's streets, highways, bridges and sidewalks. The Department of Transportation is also responsible for installing and maintaining the city's street signs, traffic signals and street lights. The DOT supervises street resurfacing, pothole repair, parking meter installation and maintainenance, and the management of a citywide network of municipal parking facilities. The DOT also operates the Staten Island Ferry. Lower Mahattan skyline from the deck of the Ferry, 2003 The Staten Island Ferry is a passenger ferry operated by the New York City Department of Transportation between Whitehall Street in Lower Manhattan near Battery Park (South Ferry) and St. ...

The DOT operates most of the minor bridges throughout the city as well as the older, major East River bridges: the Brooklyn Bridge, the Manhattan Bridge, the Williamsburg Bridge and the Queensboro Bridge (59th Street Bridge). Other major bridges in the city are operated by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. New York City waterways: 1. ... The Brooklyn Bridge (originally the New York and Brooklyn Bridge), one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 6,016 feet (1,834 m) over the East River from Manhattan to Brooklyn. ... The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan with Brooklyn. ... The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City across the East River connecting Manhattan at Delancey St. ... Main article: Transportation in New York City Close-up of Queensboro Bridge at Long Island City. ... The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, described to the public by the popular name MTA Bridges and Tunnels, or MTA B&T, is an affiliate agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, a public benefit corporation, that operates all intrastate toll bridges in New York City. ... The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is a bi-state agency (operated pursuant to an interstate compact) that runs most of the regional transportation infrastructure including the bridges, tunnels, airports and seaports within the New York-New Jersey Port District. ...

The DOT is also the city department responsible for oversight of transportation-related issues, such as city contracts for special education transportation services and issuance of tranport-related permits for vehicles and constuction. DOT also advocates for transportation safety issues, including promotion of pedestrian and bicycle safety.

External link

• New York City Department of Transportation home page