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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 .
The post was created on October 15, 1966, by the Department of Transportation Act, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. [2] 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."
The Federal Highway Administration was created on October 15, 1966, along with the Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety and the National Highway Safety Bureau (now known as National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), as part of the new U.S. Department of Transportation. [6]
In 1966, Congress held a series of publicized hearings regarding highway safety, passed legislation to make the installation of seat belts mandatory, and created the U.S. Department of Transportation on October 15, 1966 (Pub. L. 89–670).
On April 1, 1967, the Congress created a separate cabinet-level Department of Transportation, which among other things, established the Federal Aviation Administration as an agency under the DOT. [11] At the same time, the NTSB was established as an independent agency which absorbed the Bureau of Aviation Safety's responsibilities. [11]
First, the nine-member Board of Motor Vehicles is created through appointments from six entities. It would appoint a commissioner and administer the North Carolina proposal scraps DMV for new ...
The FAA was created in August 1958 () as the Federal Aviation Agency, replacing the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA). In 1967, the FAA became part of the newly formed U.S. Department of Transportation and was renamed the Federal Aviation Administration.
The USA Fact Check Team digs into comments made about the FAA and diversity efforts in the wake of the DC plane crash.