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United States Department of Transportation

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The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is a federal Cabinet

department of the U.S. government concerned with transportation. It was established by
an act of Congress on October 15, 1966, and began operation on April 1, 1967. It is
governed by the United States Secretary of Transportation.

Contents United States Department of

Transportation

History

Prior to the Department of

Transportation, the Under Secretary of
Commerce for Transportation
administered the functions now
associated with the DOT. In 1965, Najeeb Seal of the United States Department of
Halaby, administrator of the Federal Transportation

Aviation Agency – the future Federal

Aviation Administration (FAA) – suggested
to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that
transportation be elevated to a cabinet-
level post, and that the FAA be folded into
the DOT.[2] Flag of the United States Department of
Transportation

Administrations

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Federal Highway Administration

(FHWA)

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Headquarters of the U.S. Department of

Administration (FMCSA) Transportation

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Department overview

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Formed April 1, 1967; 52

Maritime Administration (MARAD) years ago

National Highway Traffic Safety Jurisdiction United States of

Administration (NHTSA) America

Office of Inspector General (OIG) Headquarters 1200 New Jersey

Avenue SE,
Office of the Secretary of Washington, D.C.
Transportation (OST) 38°52′32.92″N
77°0′10.26″W
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration (PHMSA) Employees 58,622

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Annual budget $72.4 billion USD

Corporation (SLSDC) (FY2015, enacted)[1]

John A. Volpe National Transportation Department Elaine Chao,

Systems Center executives Secretary

Bureau of Transportation Statistics Jeffrey A. Rosen,

(BTS) Deputy Secretary

Child agencies Federal Aviation

Former Administration
Administrations
Federal Highway
Administration
Transportation Security Administration
Federal Railroad
– transferred to Department of
Administration
Homeland Security in 2003
Federal Transit
United States Coast Guard –
Administration
transferred to Department of Homeland
Maritime
Security in 2003
Administration
Surface Transportation Board (STB) –
Additional agencies
spun off as an independent federal
agency in 2015 Website www.transportation
.gov
Budget

In 2012, the DOT awarded $742.5 million in funds from the

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to 11 transit projects.
The awardees include light rail projects. Other projects include
both a commuter rail extension and a subway project in New
York City, and a bus rapid transit system in Springfield, Oregon.
The funds subsidize a heavy rail project in northern Virginia,
completing the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit The seal of the U.S.
Department of
Authority's Metro Silver Line to connect Washington, D.C., and
Transportation prior to 1980.
the Washington Dulles International Airport.[3] (DOT had
previously agreed to subsidize the Silver Line construction to
Reston, Virginia.)[4]

President Barack Obama's budget request for fiscal year 2010

also included $1.83 billion in funding for major transit projects,
of which more than $600 million went towards 10 new or The flag of the U.S.
expanding transit projects. The budget provided additional Department of
Transportation prior to 1980.
funding for all of the projects currently receiving Recovery Act
funding, except for the bus rapid transit project. It also continued funding for another 18
transit projects that are either currently under construction or soon will be.[3]

Following the same the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 delegates $600 million for
Infrastructure Investments, referred to as Discretionary Grants.

The Department of Transportation was authorized a budget for Fiscal Year 2016 of $75.1
billion. The budget authorization is broken down as follows:[5]

Funding (in Employees (in

Administration
millions) FTE's)

Federal Aviation Administration $16,280.7 45,988

Federal Highway Administration $43,049.7 2,782

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration $580.4 1,175

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration $869.0 639

Federal Transit Administration $11,782.6 585

Federal Railroad Administration $1,699.2 934

Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety

$249.6 575
Administration

Maritime Administration $399.3 835

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development

$28.4 144
Corporation

Office of the Secretary $935.4 1,284

Office of the Inspector General $87.5 413

TOTAL $75,536.1 55,739

Related legislation

1806 – Cumberland Road

1862 – Pacific Railway Act[6]

1887 – Interstate Commerce Act

1916 – Adamson Railway Labor Act

1935 – Motor Carrier Act

1946 – Federal Airport Act PL 79-377

1950 – Federal Aid to Highway PL 81-769

1954 – Saint Lawrence Seaway Act

1956 – Federal-Aid to Highway/Interstate Highway Act PL 84-627

1957 – Airways Modernization Act PL 85-133

1958 – Transportation Act of 1958 PL 85-625

1958 – Federal Aviation Act PL 85-726

1959 – Airport Construction Act PL 86-72

1964 – Urban Mass Transportation Act PL 88-365

1965 – Highway Beautification Act PL 89-285

1966 – Department of Transportation established PL 89-670

1970 – Urban Mass Transportation Act PL 91-453

1970 – Rail Passenger Service Act PL 91-518

1970 – Airport and Airway Development Act PL 91-258

1973 – Federal Aid Highway Act PL 93-87

1973 – Amtrak Improvement Act PL 93-146

1973 – Federal Aid Highway Act PL 93-87

1974 – National Mass Transportation Assistance Act PL 93-503

1976 – Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act PL 94-210

1976 – Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act PL 94-435

1978 – Airline Deregulation Act PL 95-504

1980 – Motor Carrier Act PL 96-296

1980 – Staggers Rail Act PL 96-448

1982 – Transportation Assistance Act PL 97-424

1982 – Bus Regulatory Reform Act PL 97-261

1987 – Surface Transportation Act PL 100-17

1991 – Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act PL 102-240

1998 – Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century PL 105-178

2000 – Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century PL 106-
181

2002 – Homeland Security Act (PL 107-296)

2005 – Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users (PL 109-59)

2012 – Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) PL 112-141

2015 – Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) PL 114-94

Freedom of Information Act processing performance

In the latest Center for Effective Government analysis of 15 federal agencies which receive
the most Freedom of Information Act FOIA requests, published in 2015 (using 2012 and
2013 data, the most recent years available), the Department of Transportation earned a D
by scoring 65 out of a possible 100 points, i.e. did not earn a satisfactory overall grade.[7]

See also

Title 23 of the Code of Federal Regulations

American Highway Users Alliance

National Highway System (United States)

National Transportation Safety Board

Passenger vehicles in the United States

Transportation in the United States

United States Federal Maritime Commission

Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center

Notes and references

h. ^ FY 2017 Department of Transportation Budget Request Archived 2017-04-29 at

the Wayback Machine, pg 7, United States Department of Transportation, Accessed
2017-10-25

i. ^ "US Department of Transportation, History" . National Transportation Library.

March 1, 2009. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012.

j. ^ a b "DOT Awards $742.5 Million in Recovery Act Funds to 11 Transit Projects" . EERE
Network News. May 13, 2009. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved
2010-08-09.

l. ^ "Annual Report on Funding Recommendations – Fiscal Year 2010" (PDF). U.S.

Department of Transportation. 29 April 2009. pp. A-75 (101) & seq. Archived (PDF)
from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-09.

n. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-04-29.

Retrieved 2017-03-29.

o. ^ "Profile Showing the Grades upon the Different Routes Surveyed for the Union
Pacific Rail Road Between the Missouri River and the Valley of the Platte River" .
World Digital Library. 1865. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved
2013-07-16.

p. ^ Making the Grade: Access to Information Scorecard 2015 Archived 2016-03-13

at the Wayback Machine March 2015, 80 pages, Center for Effective Government,
retrieved 21 March 2016

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