United States Department of Transportation

United States Department of Transportation
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Department overview
Formed	April 1, 1967; 54 years ago
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°WCoordinates: 38°52′32.92″N 77°0′10.26″W / 38.8758111°N 77.0028500°W
Employees	58,622
Annual budget	$72.4 billion USD (FY2015, enacted)
Department executives	Pete Buttigieg, Secretary; Polly Trottenberg, 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 before 1980.

The flag of the U.S. Department of Transportation before 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 the Department of Transportation Act^[2] of Congress on October 15, 1966, and began operation on April 1, 1967. The Secretary of Transportation is the head of DOT.

The department's mission is "to develop and coordinate policies that will provide an efficient and economical national transportation system, with due regard for need, the environment, and the national defense."^[2]

History[]

Prior to the Department of Transportation, the functions now associated with the DOT were administered by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation. 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.^[3] The idea of having a federal department of transportation was first proposed by former President Woodrow Wilson in 1921–22.^[4]

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.^[5] (DOT had previously agreed to subsidize the Silver Line construction to Reston, Virginia.)^[6]

President Barack Obama's budget request for 2010 also included $1.83 billion in funding for major transit projects. More than $600 million went towards ten 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.^[5] Following the same, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 delegated $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:^[7]

Administration	Funding (in millions)	Employees (FTE)
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^[8]
1887 – Interstate Commerce Act
1916 – Adamson Railway Labor Act
1935 – Motor Carrier Act
1946 – Federal Airport Act, Pub.L. 79–377, 60 Stat. 170
1950 – Federal Aid to Highway, Pub.L. 81–769, 64 Stat. 785
1954 – Saint Lawrence Seaway Act
1956 – Federal-Aid to Highway/Interstate Highway Act, Pub.L. 84–627, 70 Stat. 374
1957 – Airways Modernization Act, Pub.L. 85–133, 71 Stat. 349
1958 – Transportation Act of 1958, Pub.L. 85–625, 72 Stat. 568
1958 – Federal Aviation Act, Pub.L. 85–726, 72 Stat. 731
1959 – Airport Construction Act, Pub.L. 86–72, 73 Stat. 155
1964 – Urban Mass Transportation Act, Pub.L. 88–365
1965 – Highway Beautification Act, Pub.L. 89–285, 79 Stat. 1028
1966 – Department of Transportation established, Pub.L. 89–670, 80 Stat. 931
1970 – Urban Mass Transportation Act, Pub.L. 91–453, 84 Stat. 962
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
1984 – Commercial Space Launch Act PL 98-575
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
2001 – Aviation and Transportation Security Act (PL 107-71)
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.^[9]

References[]

^ FY 2017 Department of Transportation Budget Request Archived April 29, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, pg 7, United States Department of Transportation, Accessed October 25, 2017
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Grinder, R. Dale. "The United States Department of Transportation: A Brief History". U.S. Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on July 17, 2004. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
^ "US Department of Transportation, History". National Transportation Library. March 1, 2009. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012.
^ Ware, Susan; Berg, Scott (December 2003). "The Hepburn Enigma". The Women's Review of Books. 21 (3): 20. doi:10.2307/4024203. ISSN 0738-1433. JSTOR 4024203.
^ Jump up to: ^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 August 9, 2010.
^ "Annual Report on Funding Recommendations – Fiscal Year 2010" (PDF). U.S. Department of Transportation. April 29, 2009. pp. A-75 (101) & seq. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on April 29, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "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 November 2, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
^ Making the Grade: Access to Information Scorecard 2015 Archived March 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine March 2015, 80 pages, Center for Effective Government, retrieved March 21, 2016

External links[]

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

[dot.gov-1] FY 2017 Department of Transportation Budget Request Archived April 29, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, pg 7, United States Department of Transportation, Accessed October 25, 2017

[DOTHist-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Grinder, R. Dale. "The United States Department of Transportation: A Brief History". U.S. Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on July 17, 2004. Retrieved January 2, 2010.

[3] "US Department of Transportation, History". National Transportation Library. March 1, 2009. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012.

[4] Ware, Susan; Berg, Scott (December 2003). "The Hepburn Enigma". The Women's Review of Books. 21 (3): 20. doi:10.2307/4024203. ISSN 0738-1433. JSTOR 4024203.

[EERE2009-5] Jump up to: ^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 August 9, 2010.

[6] "Annual Report on Funding Recommendations – Fiscal Year 2010" (PDF). U.S. Department of Transportation. April 29, 2009. pp. A-75 (101) & seq. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2010.

[7] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on April 29, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[WDL-8] "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 November 2, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2013.

[9] Making the Grade: Access to Information Scorecard 2015 Archived March 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine March 2015, 80 pages, Center for Effective Government, retrieved March 21, 2016

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