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United States Department of Transportation

January 03, 2024

"USDOT" redirects here. For U.S. Treasury Department, see United States Department of the Treasury.

The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is headed by the secretary of transportation, who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet.

United States Department of Transportation
Seal of the USDOT
Flag of the USDOT

Headquarters of the U.S. Department of Transportation
Department overview
FormedApril 1, 1967; 56 years ago (1967-04-01)
JurisdictionU.S. federal government
Headquarters1200 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; -77.0028500
Employees58,622
Annual budgetUS$87.6 billion (FY2021, enacted)[1]
Department executives
Child agencies
Websitewww.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 department's fiscal year 2022–2026 strategic plan states that its mission is "to deliver the world's leading transportation system, serving the American people and economy through the safe, efficient, sustainable, and equitable movement of people and goods."[2]

History edit

In 1965 Najeeb Halaby, the chief of the independent Federal Aviation Agency strongly urged President Lyndon Johnson to set up a cabinet-level Department of Transportation. Halaby proposed merging the responsibilities of the undersecretary of commerce for transportation and the Federal Aviation Agency to achieve this goal. While the federal government was granted authority over aviation and railroads through the commerce clause of the Constitution, the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration primarily provided funding for state and local projects, without significant influence over road construction and operation. Halaby emphasized the need for improved coordination and expressed frustration at the lack of an overall plan. "One looks in vain", he told Johnson, "for a point of responsibility below the President capable of taking an evenhanded, comprehensive, authoritarian approach to the development of transportation policies or even able to assure reasonable coordination and balance among the various transportation programs of the government." Johnson convinced Congress to act and The Department of Transportation was authorized in October 1966 and launched on 1 April 1967, with a mission to ensure that federal funds were effectively used to support the national transportation program. Johnson proclaimed upon signing the act: "Transportation has truly emerged as a significant part of our national life. As a basic force in our society, its progress must be accelerated so that the quality of our life can be improved.[3][4][5][6]

Agencies edit

Former agencies edit

Budget edit

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[7] (DOT had previously agreed to subsidize the Silver Line construction to Reston, Virginia).[8]

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.[7] 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:[9]

Agency / Office 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

In 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The $1.2 trillion act included over $660 billion in funding for transportation-related infrastructure projects over the five-year period of fiscal years 2022-2026.[10]

Related legislation edit

Freedom of Information Act processing performance edit

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.[12]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Department of Transportation 2022 Budget Highlights" (PDF). U.S. Department of Transportation. p. 11. (PDF) from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "Fiscal Year 2022-2026 U.S. Department of Transportation Strategic Plan" (PDF). U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  3. ^ Richard Dean Burns and Joseph M. Siracusa, Historical Dictionary of the Kennedy-Johnson Era (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015) p. 118.
  4. ^ . National Transportation Library. March 1, 2009. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012.
  5. ^ Edwards, Chris. "Department of Transportation Timeline". Downsizing the Federal Government.
  6. ^ April 1, 1967 : the opening day of the U.S. Department of Transportation. January 1, 2017 By Martin, David; Strayhorn, Nicole C.; Wilson, Amanda J. Official website of United States Department of Transportation, National Transportation Library, Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
  7. ^ a b "DOT Awards $742.5 Million in Recovery Act Funds to 11 Transit Projects". EERE Network News. May 13, 2009. from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  8. ^ "Annual Report on Funding Recommendations – Fiscal Year 2010" (PDF). U.S. Department of Transportation. April 29, 2009. pp. A-75 (101) & seq. (PDF) from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  9. ^ "Transforming Communities in the 21st Century" (PDF). (PDF) from the original on April 29, 2017. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  10. ^ "Bipartisan Infrastructure Law FAQs". U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  11. ^ "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. from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  12. ^ Making the Grade: Access to Information Scorecard 2015 March 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. March 2015, p. 80, Center for Effective Government. Retrieved March 21, 2016.

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USDOT redirects here For U S Treasury Department see United States Department of the Treasury The United States Department of Transportation USDOT or DOT is one of the executive departments of the U S federal government It is headed by the secretary of transportation who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president s Cabinet United States Department of TransportationSeal of the USDOTFlag of the USDOTHeadquarters of the U S Department of TransportationDepartment overviewFormedApril 1 1967 56 years ago 1967 04 01 JurisdictionU S federal governmentHeadquarters1200 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 0028500Employees58 622Annual budgetUS 87 6 billion FY2021 enacted 1 Department executivesPete Buttigieg SecretaryPolly Trottenberg Deputy SecretaryChild agenciesFAAFHWAFRAFTAMaritime AdministrationAdditional agenciesWebsitewww wbr transportation wbr govThe seal of the U S Department of Transportation before 1980 The flag of the U S Department of Transportation before 1980 The department s fiscal year 2022 2026 strategic plan states that its mission is to deliver the world s leading transportation system serving the American people and economy through the safe efficient sustainable and equitable movement of people and goods 2 Contents 1 History 2 Agencies 3 Former agencies 4 Budget 5 Related legislation 6 Freedom of Information Act processing performance 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory editIn 1965 Najeeb Halaby the chief of the independent Federal Aviation Agency strongly urged President Lyndon Johnson to set up a cabinet level Department of Transportation Halaby proposed merging the responsibilities of the undersecretary of commerce for transportation and the Federal Aviation Agency to achieve this goal While the federal government was granted authority over aviation and railroads through the commerce clause of the Constitution the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration primarily provided funding for state and local projects without significant influence over road construction and operation Halaby emphasized the need for improved coordination and expressed frustration at the lack of an overall plan One looks in vain he told Johnson for a point of responsibility below the President capable of taking an evenhanded comprehensive authoritarian approach to the development of transportation policies or even able to assure reasonable coordination and balance among the various transportation programs of the government Johnson convinced Congress to act and The Department of Transportation was authorized in October 1966 and launched on 1 April 1967 with a mission to ensure that federal funds were effectively used to support the national transportation program Johnson proclaimed upon signing the act Transportation has truly emerged as a significant part of our national life As a basic force in our society its progress must be accelerated so that the quality of our life can be improved 3 4 5 6 Agencies editAdvanced Research Projects Agency Infrastructure ARPA I 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 Research and Innovative Technology Administration which includes the below agencies among others John A Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Bureau of Transportation Statistics BTS Former agencies editTransportation 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 2015Budget editIn 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 7 DOT had previously agreed to subsidize the Silver Line construction to Reston Virginia 8 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 7 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 9 Agency Office Funding in millions Employees FTE Federal Aviation Administration 16 280 7 45 988Federal Highway Administration 43 049 7 2 782Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 580 4 1 175National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 869 0 639Federal Transit Administration 11 782 6 585Federal Railroad Administration 1 699 2 934Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 249 6 575Maritime Administration 399 3 835Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation 28 4 144Office of the Secretary 935 4 1 284Office of the Inspector General 87 5 413TOTAL 75 536 1 55 739In 2021 President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act The 1 2 trillion act included over 660 billion in funding for transportation related infrastructure projects over the five year period of fiscal years 2022 2026 10 Related legislation edit1806 Cumberland Road 1862 Pacific Railway Act 11 1887 Interstate Commerce Act 1916 Adamson Railway Labor Act 1935 Motor Carrier Act 1946 Federal Airport Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 79 377 60 Stat 170 1950 Federal Aid to Highway Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 81 769 64 Stat 785 1954 Saint Lawrence Seaway Act 1956 Federal Aid to Highway Interstate Highway Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 84 627 70 Stat 374 1957 Airways Modernization Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 85 133 71 Stat 349 1958 Transportation Act of 1958 Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 85 625 72 Stat 568 1958 Federal Aviation Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 85 726 72 Stat 731 1959 Airport Construction Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 86 72 73 Stat 155 1964 Urban Mass Transportation Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 88 365 1965 Highway Beautification Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 285 79 Stat 1028 1966 Department of Transportation established Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 89 670 80 Stat 931 1970 Urban Mass Transportation Act Pub L Tooltip Public Law United States 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 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act PL 117 58Freedom of Information Act processing performance editIn 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 12 See also edit nbsp United States portal nbsp Transportation portalAmerican Highway Users Alliance National Highway System United States National Transportation Safety Board Passenger vehicles in the United States Title 23 of the Code of Federal Regulations Transportation in the United States Transportation policy of the United States Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center United States Federal Maritime Commission United States Secretary of TransportationReferences edit Department of Transportation 2022 Budget Highlights PDF U S Department of Transportation p 11 Archived PDF from the original on April 5 2022 Retrieved May 20 2022 Fiscal Year 2022 2026 U S Department of Transportation Strategic Plan PDF U S Department of Transportation Retrieved April 14 2023 Richard Dean Burns and Joseph M Siracusa Historical Dictionary of the Kennedy Johnson Era Rowman amp Littlefield 2015 p 118 The United States Department of Transportation A Brief History National Transportation Library March 1 2009 Archived from the original on October 25 2012 Edwards Chris Department of Transportation Timeline Downsizing the Federal Government April 1 1967 the opening day of the U S Department of Transportation January 1 2017 By Martin David Strayhorn Nicole C Wilson Amanda J Official website of United States Department of Transportation National Transportation Library Bureau of Transportation Statistics 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 amp seq Archived PDF from the original on May 28 2010 Retrieved August 9 2010 Transforming Communities in the 21st Century PDF Archived PDF from the original on April 29 2017 Retrieved September 18 2022 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law FAQs U S Department of Transportation Retrieved April 14 2023 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 p 80 Center for Effective Government Retrieved March 21 2016 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to United States Department of Transportation Official website nbsp Department of Transportation on USAspending gov United States Department of Transportation in the Federal Register Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title United States Department of Transportation amp oldid 1191080757, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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