United States Department of Transportation




federal executive department focusing on transportation

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United States Department of Transportation

Seal of the United States Department of Transportation.svg
Seal of the United States Department of Transportation


Flag of the United States Department of Transportation.svg
Flag of the United States Department of Transportation


Usdot headquarters.jpg
Headquarters of the U.S. Department of Transportation
Department overview
Formed April 1, 1967; 51 years ago (1967-04-01)
Jurisdiction United States of America
Headquarters 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, D.C.
38°52′32.92″N 77°0′10.26″W / 38.8758111°N 77.0028500°W / 38.8758111; -77.0028500Coordinates: 38°52′32.92″N 77°0′10.26″W / 38.8758111°N 77.0028500°W / 38.8758111; -77.0028500
Employees 58,622
Annual budget $72.4 billion USD (FY2015, enacted)[1]
Department executives


  • Elaine Chao, Secretary


  • Jeffrey A. Rosen, Deputy Secretary
Child agencies

  • Federal Aviation Administration

  • Federal Highway Administration

  • Federal Railroad Administration

  • Federal Transit Administration

  • Maritime Administration

  • Additional agencies
Website www.transportation.gov



The seal of the U.S. Department of Transportation prior to 1980.




The flag of the U.S. Department of Transportation prior to 1980.


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






  • 1 History


  • 2 Administrations


  • 3 Former Administrations


  • 4 Budget


  • 5 Related legislation


  • 6 Freedom of Information Act processing performance


  • 7 See also


  • 8 Notes and references


  • 9 External links





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 Halaby, administrator of the Federal 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]



Administrations




  • Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)


  • Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)


  • Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)


  • Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)


  • Federal Transit Administration (FTA)


  • Maritime Administration (MARAD)


  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)


  • Office of Inspector General (OIG)


  • Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST)


  • Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)


  • Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC)

  • John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center


  • Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)



Former Administrations




  • Transportation Security Administration – transferred to Department of Homeland Security in 2003


  • United States Coast Guard – transferred to Department of Homeland Security in 2003


  • Surface Transportation Board (STB) – spun off as an independent federal agency in 2015



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 Authority's Metro Silver Line to connect Washington, D.C., and 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 expanding transit projects. The budget provided additional 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]




































































Administration
 Funding (in millions)
 Employees (in 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 Administration
 $249.6
 575
Maritime Administration
 $399.3
 835
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
 $28.4
 144
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





  1. ^ 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


  2. ^ "US Department of Transportation, History". National Transportation Library. March 1, 2009. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ ab "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.


  4. ^ "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.


  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-04-29. Retrieved 2017-03-29.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)


  6. ^ "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.


  7. ^ 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




External links








  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata


  • United States Department of Transportation in the Federal Register






 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Department of Transportation.







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