Getting from point A to B could be both the simplest and most complicated issues to ever grace the existence of mankind. Though for the any government, especially the United States government which takes a great deal of pride in continually ensuring the safety and welfare of its people, the issue of transportation is a completely different story.
For a transportation system to work, a government must ensure that the most, if not all, of the main factors are taken into consideration. Number one on the list, is naturally, safety. Which may be followed by similarly pressing concerns such as convenience, accessibility, availability, affordability, and the list just goes on and on.
So as to ensure that these previously mentioned factors are regarded, the United States Government has established an agency that is solely responsible for making and sustaining a functional transportation system that may very well serve the needs of the people.
This agency is the United States Department of Transportation, more commonly called the DOT. Established in the year 1966, the DOT has since been continually aiming at achieving it's first agency mission which is to "Serve the United States by guaranteeing a fast, safe, efficient, accessible, and convenient transportation system that meets our critical nationwide interests and enhances the standard of life of the American people, today and into the future."
To ensure full and thorough coverage, the DOT has established a couple of sub-agencies that are particularly engineered to attend to the precise requirements and aspects of the community.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), established in the year 2000, was engineered to look after the needs and concerns of the trucking industry in the United States. The mission of the FMCSA is to improve the safety of commercial vehicles (CMV) and truck drivers through enactment and enforcement of safety regulations.
On the other hand, the DOT also has the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is basically made to write and impose safety, theft-resistance, and fuel use standards for motor vehicles. The mission of the agency is to "Save lives, stop injuries, reduce vehicle-related crashes."
Aside from the sub-agencies detailed above, there are still many other agencies under the Department of Transportation, and while every one of them stick to different guiding principles and specific target areas, all of them are tasked to ascertain that the transportation system in the country remains steadfast and forever operational.
For a transportation system to work, a government must ensure that the most, if not all, of the main factors are taken into consideration. Number one on the list, is naturally, safety. Which may be followed by similarly pressing concerns such as convenience, accessibility, availability, affordability, and the list just goes on and on.
So as to ensure that these previously mentioned factors are regarded, the United States Government has established an agency that is solely responsible for making and sustaining a functional transportation system that may very well serve the needs of the people.
This agency is the United States Department of Transportation, more commonly called the DOT. Established in the year 1966, the DOT has since been continually aiming at achieving it's first agency mission which is to "Serve the United States by guaranteeing a fast, safe, efficient, accessible, and convenient transportation system that meets our critical nationwide interests and enhances the standard of life of the American people, today and into the future."
To ensure full and thorough coverage, the DOT has established a couple of sub-agencies that are particularly engineered to attend to the precise requirements and aspects of the community.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), established in the year 2000, was engineered to look after the needs and concerns of the trucking industry in the United States. The mission of the FMCSA is to improve the safety of commercial vehicles (CMV) and truck drivers through enactment and enforcement of safety regulations.
On the other hand, the DOT also has the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is basically made to write and impose safety, theft-resistance, and fuel use standards for motor vehicles. The mission of the agency is to "Save lives, stop injuries, reduce vehicle-related crashes."
Aside from the sub-agencies detailed above, there are still many other agencies under the Department of Transportation, and while every one of them stick to different guiding principles and specific target areas, all of them are tasked to ascertain that the transportation system in the country remains steadfast and forever operational.
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Iola Bonggay is an editor of TopGovernmentGrants.com one the the most comprehensive Websites offering information on government grants and federal government programs.
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