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Departments (12)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
The Transportation Department agency that regulates the safety of interstate trucks, buses, and commercial drivers
Federal Railroad Administration
The Transportation Department agency that regulates railroad safety and funds intercity passenger rail
Federal Transit Administration
The Transportation Department agency that funds and oversees the safety of local bus, subway, light rail, and ferry systems
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
The Transportation Department corporation that operates the U.S. locks of the St. Lawrence Seaway linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic
Maritime Administration
The Transportation Department agency that supports the U.S. merchant marine, shipbuilding, ports, and the sealift reserve fleet
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The Transportation Department agency that sets vehicle safety standards, orders recalls, and regulates fuel economy
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
The Transportation Department agency that regulates oil and gas pipeline safety and the shipment of hazardous materials
The Department of Transportation
Aviation, highways, railroads, transit, shipping, pipelines, and the safety regulators for each
The Federal Aviation Administration
The agency that runs air traffic control, certifies every aircraft and pilot, and oversees 45,000 flights a day
The Federal Highway Administration
The agency that funds the interstates and the 1 million miles of federal-aid roads that states build and maintain
The Transportation Security Administration
The agency that screens every airline passenger and bag in the country, about 2.5 million people a day
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The Army command that builds military facilities and runs the nation's navigation channels, flood control works, and dams
Agencies (9)
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, created in 1971 to take over the intercity passenger trains private railroads wanted to abandon
Civil Aeronautics Board Dissolved
The independent agency that controlled airline fares, routes, and market entry from 1940 until airline deregulation led to its closure in 1985
Federal Maritime Commission
The independent commission that regulates ocean shipping in U.S. foreign trade, including carriers, ports, and freight forwarders
Interstate Commerce Commission Dissolved
The nation's first independent regulatory agency, which regulated railroads and later trucking from 1887 until Congress abolished it in 1995
National Mediation Board
The independent agency that mediates labor disputes and runs union elections in the railroad and airline industries under the Railway Labor Act
National Transportation Safety Board
The independent agency that investigates aviation, rail, highway, marine, and pipeline accidents and recommends safety improvements
Railroad Retirement Board
The independent agency in Chicago that pays retirement, disability, survivor, and unemployment benefits to railroad workers in place of Social Security
Surface Transportation Board
The independent board that regulates freight railroad rates, service, and mergers, successor to the Interstate Commerce Commission
U.S. Access Board
The independent federal agency that writes accessibility standards for buildings, transportation, and technology under the ADA and related laws
Principles (2)
Deregulation
The reduction or removal of government rules on industries and the economy, from the bipartisan transportation reforms of the late 1970s to the regulatory budgets of 2017 and 2025
Interstate Compacts
Binding agreements between states, often approved by Congress, that create shared agencies and rules for rivers, ports, transit, licensing, and other cross-border matters
Documents & Cases (1)
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
The steamboat case in which Chief Justice John Marshall read the Commerce Clause broadly and struck down a state monopoly that conflicted with federal law
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