Dot.gov Site Title

Department of Transportation

Dot.gov Meta Description

To improve the quality of life for all American people and communities, from rural to urban, and to increase the productivity and competitiveness of American workers and businesses.

Dot.gov Test Results

dot.gov Mobile Usability: 89/100

Quick overview:
Configure the viewport
Your page uses a legacy MobileOptimized meta tag, which instructs some browsers that your page is optimized for mobile. Other browsers, including those on iOS, will render your page as it would appear on a desktop browser.
While the MobileOptimized tag instructs some mobile devices to display the page at the device's width, it should be replaced with a meta viewport specifying <meta name=viewport width=device-width> to increase compatibility.
Size tap targets appropriately
Some of the links/buttons on your webpage may be too small for a user to easily tap on a touchscreen. Consider making these tap targets larger to provide a better user experience.
The following tap targets are close to other nearby tap targets and may need additional spacing around them.
The tap target <a href="/veteranstransportationcareers">The Pilot Prog…ian workforce.</a> and 3 others are close to other tap targets .
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dot.gov Mobile Speed: 29/100

Quick overview:
Optimize images
Properly formatting and compressing images can save many bytes of data.
Optimize the following images to reduce their size by 965.9KiB (60% reduction).
Compressing https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/styles/homepage_slider_980_400/public/slides/13625-HeatstrokeMay2018_HomePageHero.jpg?itok=Y010XgFL could save 216.5KiB (75% reduction).
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Avoid landing page redirects
Your page has 3 redirects. Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded.
Avoid landing page redirects for the following chain of redirected URLs.
http://dot.gov/
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Leverage browser caching
Setting an expiry date or a maximum age in the HTTP headers for static resources instructs the browser to load previously downloaded resources from local disk rather than over the network.
Leverage browser caching for the following cacheable resources:
https://www.transportation.gov/sites/all/themes/modebase//images/teaser_head-briefingroom.gif (3.4 minutes)
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Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
Your page has 7 blocking script resources and 7 blocking CSS resources. This causes a delay in rendering your page.
None of the above-the-fold content on your page could be rendered without waiting for the following resources to load. Try to defer or asynchronously load blocking resources, or inline the critical portions of those resources directly in the HTML.
https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/js/js_oTw2mccdSyi5Mu_UeNjwZZ2nsxd4cA8KM0jkogZEw68.js
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Optimize CSS Delivery of the following:
https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/css/css_kShW4RPmRstZ3SpIC-ZvVGNFVAi0WEMuCnI0ZkYIaFw.css
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Minify JavaScript
Compacting JavaScript code can save many bytes of data and speed up downloading, parsing, and execution time.
Minify JavaScript for the following resources to reduce their size by 38.1KiB (24% reduction).
Minifying https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/js/js_r3eEmRqAwsWSBto2WR4H2tGjnysxFolMY4LMFxl5cmw.js could save 10.4KiB (19% reduction) after compression.
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Minify CSS
Compacting CSS code can save many bytes of data and speed up download and parse times.
Minify CSS for the following resources to reduce their size by 633B (26% reduction).
Minifying https://search.usa.gov/assets/sayt.css could save 633B (26% reduction) after compression.

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