United States Department of Transportation

United States Department of Transportation
Set up:	October 15, 1966
Seat:	1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
Supervisory authority:	President of the United States
minister	Elaine Chao
Deputy	Steven G. Bradbury
Household:	US $ 98.1 billion (2017) $
Employees:	approx. 55,000 (2018)
Homepage:	transportation.gov

The United States Department of Transportation ( english United States Department of Transportation , DOT short or USDOT) is a ministry within the Federal Government of the United States , which for the vehicle traffic is responsible. It was created by Federal Public Law 89-670 (HR 15963) on October 15, 1966 and began operating on April 1, 1967. It is headed by the United States Secretary of Transportation . DOT is headquartered in Washington, DC (400 7th Street, SW) .

Headquarters of the Ministry

List of ministers

No.	image	Surname	Term of office	In the President's office
01		Alan Stephenson Boyd	January 16, 1967 - January 20, 1969	Lyndon B. Johnson
02		John Anthony Volpe	January 22, 1969– February 1, 1973	Richard Nixon
03		Claude Stout Brinegar	February 2, 1973– February 1, 1975
0-		John W. Barnum (acting)	February 2 , 1975 - March 6, 1975
04th		William Thaddeus Coleman	March 7, 1975 - January 20, 1977	Gerald Ford
05		Brockman Adams	January 23, 1977 - July 20, 1979	Jimmy Carter
0-		William Graham Claytor Jr. (Acting)	July 21, 1979 - August 14, 1979
06th		Neil Edward Goldschmidt	August 15, 1979 - January 20, 1981
07th		Andrew Lindsay Lewis	January 23, 1981– February 1, 1983	Ronald Reagan
08th		Elizabeth Hanford Dole	February 7, 1983 - September 30, 1987
0-		James Horace Burnley (acting)	October 1, 1987 - December 2, 1987
09		James Horace Burnley	December 2, 1987 - January 30, 1989
10		Samuel Knox Skinner	February 6, 1989 - December 13, 1991	George Bush
0-		James B. Busey IV. (Acting)	December 14, 1991 - February 23, 1992
11		Andrew Hill Card	February 24, 1992– January 20, 1993
12		Federico Fabian Peña	January 21, 1993– February 14, 1997	Bill Clinton
13		Rodney Earl Slater	February 14, 1997 - January 20, 2001
0-		Mortimer L. Downey (acting)	January 21, 2001– January 24, 2001	George W. Bush
14th		Norman Yoshio Mineta	January 25, 2001 - July 7, 2006
-		Maria Cino (acting)	July 8, 2006 - September 30, 2006
15th		Mary E. Peters	September 30, 2006 - January 22, 2009
16		Raymond H. LaHood	January 23, 2009 - July 2, 2013	Barack Obama
17th		Anthony Foxx	July 2, 2013 - January 20, 2017
18th		Elaine Chao	Since January 31, 2017	Donald Trump

Other managerial staff

The Deputy Secretary and General Counsel is Steven G. Bradbury.

tasks

The numerous tasks include the management of the national changeover of the time from standard time to summer time and back as well as the management of the 11 time zones in the United States , in each case the Office of the General Counsel is responsible .

Subordinate authorities

• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
• Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
• Federal Transit Administration (FTA), until 1991: Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA)
• United States Maritime Administration (MARAD)
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
• Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)
• Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)
• Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC)

Former subordinate authorities

• Transportation Security Administration - in since 2003 Department of Homeland Security located
• United States Coast Guard - Part of the Department of Homeland Security since 2003
• Surface Transportation Board - independent authority since the end of 2015

See also

• DOT number (automobile tires)

Web links

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.transportation.gov/50/collage
2. ↑ https://www.transportation.gov/mission/secretary-elaine-l-chao
3. ↑ https://www.transportation.gov/administrations/office-general-counsel/steven-g-bradbury
4. ↑ Fact Sheet (PDF)
5. ↑ https://www.transportation.gov/administrations
6. ^ The Department's first official day of operation was April 1, 1967.
7. ↑ [1]
8. ↑ https://www.transportation.gov/mission/secretary-elaine-l-chao
9. ↑ Steven G. Bradbury. November 30, 2017, accessed November 4, 2019 . 
10. ↑ https://www.transportation.gov/regulations/time-act