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DOTr: Structure, History, and Functions

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is the primary entity that oversees transportation policy, planning, and infrastructure development in the Philippines. It regulates various modes of transportation including land, rail, air and sea. The DOTr is headed by the Secretary of Transportation and has seven undersecretaries and thirteen assistant secretaries overseeing departments related to administration/finance, roads, aviation, railways, legal affairs, planning and maritime. It oversees several attached agencies responsible for transportation regulation, infrastructure and services across the different modes of transport.

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DOTr: Structure, History, and Functions

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is the primary entity that oversees transportation policy, planning, and infrastructure development in the Philippines. It regulates various modes of transportation including land, rail, air and sea. The DOTr is headed by the Secretary of Transportation and has seven undersecretaries and thirteen assistant secretaries overseeing departments related to administration/finance, roads, aviation, railways, legal affairs, planning and maritime. It oversees several attached agencies responsible for transportation regulation, infrastructure and services across the different modes of transport.

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Department of Transportation (DOTr)

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is the primary policy, planning, programming, coordinating,
implementing and administrative entity of the executive branch of the government on the promotion,
development and regulation of a dependable and coordinated network of transportation and
communications systems, as well as in the fast, safe, efficient and reliable transportation and
communications services.

Functions

 Policy formulation
 Industry/services regulation
 Infrastructure development
 International cooperation

Timeline:

 From 1899 to 1979 all transportation and communications activities were integrated into
the structure and activities of what is now today the Department of Public Works and
Highways.
 1979: Marcos issued Executive Order 546 that divided the Ministry of Public Works,
Transportation and Communications (MPWTC) into two agencies, the Ministry of Public
Works and Highways (MPWH) and the Ministry of Transportation and Communications
(MOTC).
 1987: To effect the reorganization of the Ministry, the MOTC was transformed into a
Department, pursuant to Executive Order No. 125 and 125-A dated April 13, 1987.
 2016: President Benigno Aquino III signed a law creating the Department of Information
and Communications Technology (DICT). Department of Transportation and
Communications (DOTC) was restructured and renamed the Department of
Transportation, and all its operating units dealing with communications were transferred
to the newly-created DICT.

Organizational Structure

The Department is headed by the Secretary of Transportation (Philippines (current: Sec. Arthur
Tugade) with the following seven undersecretaries and thirteen assistant secretaries

 Undersecretary for Administration and Finance


 Undersecretary for Road and Infrastructure
 Undersecretary for Aviation and Airports
 Undersecretary for Railways
 Undersecretary for Legal Affairs and Procurement
 Undersecretary for Planning and Project Development
 Undersecretary for Maritime
 Assistant Secretary for Legal Affairs
 Assistant Secretary for Administration and Finance
 Assistant Secretary for Aviation Intelligence and Enforcement
 Assistant Secretary for Procurement
 Assistant Secretary for Communications
 Assistant Secretaries for Maritime
 Assistant Secretaries for Road Transport and Infrastructure
 Assistant Secretary for Railways
 Assistant Secretaries for Planning
 Assistant Secretary for Project Implementation

Attached agencies
Land (Road)

 Land Transportation Office (LTO)


 Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)
 Toll Regulatory Board (TRB)

Rail

 Philippine National Railways (PNR)


 Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA)
 Metro Rail Transit Corporation Though MRTC is not under the government, the DOTr supervises
the operation of the MRT-3 (MRTC)
 North Luzon Railways Corporation (NORTHRAIL)

Air

 Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP)


 Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB)
 Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation (PADC)
 Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA-NAIA)
 Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA)

Sea

 Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA)


 Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)
 Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA)
 Philippine Ports Authority (PPA)
 Cebu Port Authority (CPA)
Miscellaneous

 Office for Transportation Security (OTS)


 Office of Transportation Cooperatives (OTC)

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