Department of Transportation | | | Established | October 15, 1966 | | Activated | April 1, 1967 | | Secretary | Mary Peters | | Deputy Secretary | Maria Cino | | Budget | $58 billion (2004 estimate) | | Employees | 58,622 (2004 estimate) | The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) is a Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with transport. It was established by an act of Congress on October 15, 1966 and began operation on April 1, 1967. It is administered by the United States Secretary of Transportation. Seal of the United States Department of Transportation. ...
Mary E. Peters Mary E. Peters is an American public servant and businesswoman and President George W. Bushs nominee for Department of Transportation Secretary. ...
Maria Cino Maria Cino is an American politician. ...
Cabinet meeting on May 16, 2001. ...
Seal of the U.S. Congress. ...
October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years). ...
1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ...
1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...
The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. ...
Its mission is to "Serve the United States by ensuring a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system that meets our vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the American people, today and into the future."
In some areas, like aviation and railroads, the federal government has taken over completely using its Commerce Clause powers and preempted virtually all regulation at the state and local levels. But construction and maintenance of highway and transit networks has traditionally been the responsibility of state governments in the United States. The federal government has increasingly become more active in transportation policy by levying federal taxes and making grants to state governments for specific projects, but technically, the actual day-to-day responsibility for the resulting projects remains with the states. Thus, the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration do not directly build and operate roads; they exist only to dispense grants to state governments and to ensure that those grants are used in a way that furthers national transportation policy. Of course, the gradually increasing reliance of states upon federal grants has given the federal government a significant amount of indirect control over state transportation policy through its Spending Clause powers. First flight, December 17, 1903 Aviation or air transport refers to the activities surrounding human flight and the aircraft industry. ...
This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ...
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, known as the Commerce Clause, empowers the United States Congress To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. ...
A state government is the government of a subnational entity in nation-states with federal forms of government, which shares political power with the federal government or national government. ...
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FAA redirects here. ...
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. ...
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) was created in 1966 as a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation to promote safe, environmentally sound, successful rail transportation. ...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) within the U.S. Department of Transportation provides financial and technical assistance to the local transit systems. ...
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) was established in 1950 and continues as an part of the United States Department of Transportation. ...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA, often pronounced nit-suh) is a U.S. Government agency, part of the Department of Transportation, responsible for setting safety standards and verifying compliance by automobile manufacturers. ...
The Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) was established in 2005. ...
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) was created by the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 at the same time the Interstate Commerce Commission was destroyed. ...
Former Divisions The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is a controversial U.S. government agency that was created as part of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 19, 2001. ...
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), commonly known as Homeland Security, is a Cabinet department of the Federal Government of the United States with the responsibility of protecting the territory of the United States from terrorist attack and responding to natural disasters. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States armed forces involved in maritime law enforcement, mariner assistance, search and rescue, and national defense, among other duties of coast guards elsewhere. ...
Related legislation 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
The Cumberland Road, also called the Great National Pike and the National Road, was the first United States federal highway. ...
1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
The Pacific Railway Acts were passed by the United States Congress in 1862 and 1864. ...
1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ...
The American Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 created the Interstate Commerce Commissirs of the commission were appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate. ...
1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Adamson Railway Labor Act of 1916 was passed to avert a railroad strike. ...
1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The American Motor Carrier Act of 1935 amended the Interstate Commerce Act to regulate bus lines and airlines as utilities. ...
1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Eisenhower Locks in Massena, NY. The St Lawrence Seaway is the common name for system of canals that permits ocean-going vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes as far as Lake Superior. ...
1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Interstate Highways in the lower 48 states. ...
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Transportation Act of 1718 was an act of the British Parliament that established a seven-year banishment to North America as a possible punishment for those convicted of lesser felonies, or as possible sentence that capital punishment might be commuted to by royal action. ...
1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...
The Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 (PL 88-365, codified in Chapter 53 of Title 49 of the U.S. Code) provided $375 million for large-scale urban public or private rail projects in the form of matching funds to cities and states. ...
1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...
1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
In the United States, the Uniform Time Act is a federal law, enacted in 1966, whose effect was to simplify the official pattern of where and when Daylight saving time (DST) is applied within the U.S. Previous to this law, each state worked out its own scheme for the...
1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...
The Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 (PL 88-365, codified in Chapter 53 of Title 49 of the U.S. Code) provided $375 million for large-scale urban public or private rail projects in the form of matching funds to cities and states. ...
1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...
The US Rail Passenger Service Act (PL 91-518) of 1970 created Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation of the United States. ...
1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 (PL 93-87) was the renewal of the highway bill for the next five years, authorizing $18. ...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 (PL 93-87) was the renewal of the highway bill for the next five years, authorizing $18. ...
1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
The National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974 extended the Urban Mass Transportation Act to cover operating costs as well as construction costs. ...
1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...
The United States Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Act of 1976, funded the reorganized bankrupt Northeast and Midwest railroads that formed Conrail in 1975. ...
1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...
The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, Pub. ...
1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
President Jimmy Carter signs the Airline Deregulation Act. ...
1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
The American Motor Carrier Act of 1935 amended the Interstate Commerce Act to regulate bus lines and airlines as utilities. ...
1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
President Harry S. Truman at the mic, left Harley O. Staggers & Alben W. Barkley. ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 revised federal funding of mass transit established in the Urban Mass Transportation Act and the National Mass Transportation Assistance Act. ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Surface Transportation Act (US) of 1987 was the first transportation bill of the post-interstate era. ...
1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240) (ISTEA, pronounced Ice-Tea) posed a major change to transportation planning and policy, as the first US federal legislation on the subject in the post-Interstate Highway System era. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) was enacted June 9, 1998, as Public Law 105-178. ...
For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...
The Homeland Security Act (HSA) of 2002, introduced in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, created the Department of Homeland Security in the largest government reorganization in 50 years, since the Department of Defense was created. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), which governs United States federal surface transporation spending through 2010, was signed into law by President George W. Bush in Montgomery, Illinois on August 10, 2005. ...
See also A 1979 Lincoln Continental with Town Car trim option. ...
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Past departments: Commerce and Labor • Health, Education, and Welfare • Navy • Post Office • War The United States Federal Executive Departments are among the oldest primary units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States—the Departments of State, War, and the Treasury all being established within a few weeks of each other in 1789. ...
The United States Department of Commerce is a Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth. ...
The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated as DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ...
The United States Department of Health and Human Services, often abbreviated HHS, is a Cabinet department of the United States government with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. ...
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), commonly known as Homeland Security, is a Cabinet department of the Federal Government of the United States with the responsibility of protecting the territory of the United States from terrorist attack and responding to natural disasters. ...
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, often abbreviated HUD, is a Cabinet department of the United States government. ...
The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is a Cabinet department of the United States government that manages and conserves most federally-owned land. ...
DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C. Justice Department redirects here. ...
The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States Government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ...
The United States Department of the Treasury is a Cabinet department and the treasury of the United States government. ...
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet department of the United States government responsible for administering programs of veterans benefits for veterans, their families, and survivors. ...
The United States Department of Commerce is a Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth. ...
Seal The United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare (also known as HEW) was a cabinet level department of the United States government from 1953 until 1979. ...
Seal The United States Department of the Navy was established by an Act of Congress on April 30, 1798, to provide administrative and technical support, and civilian leadership to the United States Navy and Marine Corps. ...
The Post Office Department was the former name of the United States Postal Service when it was a Cabinet department. ...
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