The US Department of Transportation establishes design and construction standards for the US and Interstate Highways and manages the Federal highway funding programs. The Department includes agencies like the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Highway Safety Administration, that regulate the safety of various forms of transportation, as well as investigate serious transportation incidents. Through the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, the Department regulates natural gas and petroleum pipe lines and the transportation of hazardous materials by rail, highway, air and water, and harmonizes those regulations with international requirements.
Before the reorganization that followed the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Coast Guard was part of this Department during peacetime.
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There are 15 departments, which are Department of State, Department of Treasury, Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Department of Interior, Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Transportation, Department of Energy, Department of Education, Department of Veterans Affairsand Department of Homeland Security.There are 15 cabinet departments.
department of transportation
The Department of Transportation through the Federal Highway Administration
attorney general secretary of energy secretary of health and human services secretary of education secretary of defense secretary of transportation secretary of commerce secretary of state secretary of the interior secretary of the treasury
The department of transportation