shipments. Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. The overwhelming majority of roads in the United States are...
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The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. The secretary serves as the principal advisor...
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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...
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Rail transportation in the United States consists primarily of freight shipments along a well integrated network of standard gauge private freight railroads...
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The United States is served by a wide array of public transportation, including various forms of bus, rail, ferry, and sometimes, airline services. Most...
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Transportation safety in the United States encompasses safety of transportation in the United States, including automobile crashes, airplane crashes, rail...
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The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) is one of the eleven unified commands of the United States Department of Defense. In both times of...
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large role in the development of the United States from the Industrial Revolution in the Northeast (1820s–1850s) to the settlement of the West (1850s–1890s)...
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Transportation in the United States is governed by laws and regulations of the federal government. The Department of Transportation is responsible for...
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The United States Virgin Islands (USVI) is the only place under United States jurisdiction where the rule of the road is to drive on the left. However...
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The deputy secretary of transportation advises and assists the secretary of transportation in the supervision and direction of the Department of Transportation...
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The United States government has maintained a variety of vehicles for the president. Because of the president's role as commander-in-chief, military transports...
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The United States has an extensive air transportation network. In 2013, there were 86 airports in the U.S. that annually handled over 1,000,000 passengers...
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The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. The Committee on Transportation...
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In the United States, speed limits are set by each state or territory. States have also allowed counties and municipalities to enact typically lower limits...
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The United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is a standing committee of the United States Senate. Besides having broad jurisdiction...
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means of military transportation. The US Army centralized the management of rail into the United States Military Railroad (USMRR). The Army Quartermaster...
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In the United States, driver's licenses are issued by each individual state, territory, and the District of Columbia rather than by the federal government...
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An employer in the United States may provide transportation benefits to their employees that are tax free up to a certain limit. Under the U.S. Internal...
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that has authority over the security...
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The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal...
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The Surface Transportation Board (STB) of the United States is an independent federal agency that serves as an adjudicatory board. The board was created...
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These are lists of the busiest airports in the United States, based on various ranking criteria. The FAA uses passenger boarding for a half calendar year...
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The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States)...
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sold in the United States since 1956 and manufactured in the United States since 1994. The first BMW dealership in the United States opened in 1975. In 2016...
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Water Resources, in conjunction with the United States Department of Transportation"s (USDOT or DOT) and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and Maritime...
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department of transportation (DOT or DoT) is a government agency responsible for managing transportation. The term is primarily used in the United States to describe...
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The United Transportation Union (UTU) was a broad-based, transportation labor union that represented about 70,000 active and retired railroad, bus, mass...
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86 percent of people in the United States use private automobiles as their primary form of transportation to their workplace. Each state has the authority to...
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In the United States government, independent agencies are agencies that exist outside the federal executive departments (those headed by a Cabinet secretary)...
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