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9 unusual facts about Department of Transportation


ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

The Department of Environment and Natural resources (DENR), the Department of Finance (DOF), the Bureau of Immigration (BI), the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), and the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) have endorsed the ratification of the HCA.

Auto-Train Corporation

A concept of Auto-Train Corporation founder Eugene K. Garfield, a former employee of the US Department of Transportation, the novel approach allowed families to relax en route and save the expense and unfamiliarity of a rental car on arrival.

Brake fluid

For example, most brake fluid sold in North America is classified by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) under its own ratings such as "DOT 3" and "DOT 4".

GAI Consultants, Inc.

This doubled GAI's highway and bridge design capabilities and brings construction monitoring to the wide array of engineering consulting services offered by the firm, opening the door for state Department of Transportation (DOT) work.

Garuda Indonesia Flight 152

She contended that because Garuda was authorized to operate in the United States at the time, the immunity had been explicitly waived under the rules of the Department of Transportation, which requires foreign air carriers to open themselves to suit in the United States as a condition of being allowed to fly to, from, or within this country.

George Zames

In 1969, it was announced that NASA ERC was to be closed, and Zames joined the newly established Department of Transportation Research Center in 1970.

Taiwan Golden Bee

TGB has ISO 9001 and QS 9000 certified operation since 1995 and all products carry EC or EPA/DOT approval.

Transportation Research Board

The program is supported by state transportation departments, the various administrations of the U.S. Department of Transportation and other federal agencies, industry associations, and other organizations and individuals interested in the development of transportation.

Transportation Technology Center, Inc.

It originated as the Department of Transportation's High Speed Ground Test Center as a site to test several hovertrain concepts.


2003 ricin letters

The focus of the probe by the FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) and the Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General fell instantly upon the individual calling him/herself Fallen Angel in the two letters.

2003 Staten Island Ferry crash

The crash was at first said by New York City to be an Act of God, with attorneys arguing that the Department of Transportation should not be held responsible for the crash, an argument that disturbed many survivors and New York City residents.

Air route authority between the United States and China

In June 2005, the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded American Airlines authority to fly between Chicago and Shanghai as well as authority to Continental Airlines to fly between Newark and Beijing.

Airway Operational Support

Airway Operational Support is a directorate of the Federal Aviation Administration, which is an agency of the US Department of Transportation, based in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Alcohol equivalence

Alcohol equivalence is emphasized as being important for drinking in moderation by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), Department of Transportation (DOT), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), American Dietetic Association, National Consumers League, National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD), and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).

Highway engineering

Design policies standards used in the United States are typically based on publications of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials as well as research promulgated by the Transportation Research Board, the Institute of Transportation Engineers, the Federal Highway Administration, and the Department of Transportation.

Jusman Syafii Djamal

Jusman Syafii Djamal (Born in Langsa, East Aceh, Aceh, July 28, 1954, age 55 years) is the Minister of Transportation of Indonesia.

Office of Commercial Space Transportation

They are located in Washington, DC, and ultimately operate under the Department of Transportation.

Professional Truck Driver Institute

It is within the technical ability of DOT to require GPS monitoring, breath analyzer engine start mechanisms, voice actuated mechanisms, DNA testing, retinal scanning devices, operator/vehicle internment, personality assessments, and individual character profiling.


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Athens Ben Epps Airport

On September 28, 2012, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) awarded SeaPort Airlines with daily flights to Nashville replacing GeorgiaSkies.

Boeing 787 Dreamliner battery problems

U.S. Department of Transportation secretary Ray LaHood stated the administration was "looking for the root causes" behind the recent issues.

Cebu Bus Rapid Transit System

A Bus Rapid Transit system for Cebu City was first proposed by the former Mayor Tomas Osmeña in the 1990s, but it was 2008 when the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) began formal planning.

Chuck Yob

Yob has also served as a Director of the Michigan Department of Transportation, Vice Chairman of the Mackinac Island State Park Commission, and Director of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board.

Cyndy Brucato

She also served as Director of Communications for the Minnesota Department of Transportation and as Communications Director for Republican Norm Coleman.

December 2008 North American snowstorms

Mayor Greg Nickels initially gave the city a "B" for its response to the snowstorm, but the director of the Department of Transportation admitted the city should have done things differently.

Dilts

Stephen Dilts, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation

Good to Go

Good To Go!, the electronic toll collection system used by the Washington State Department of Transportation

Gray Fossil Site

They were investigating unusual clay deposits turned up during the course of a Tennessee Department of Transportation highway project to widen State Route 75 south of its intersection with Interstate 26.

Illinois Route 31

The bypass was even featured on the front cover of IDOT (Illinois Department of Transportation)'s Capital Improvements Plan during the Republican George Ryan years but was completely taken off the project list under Democrat Rod Blagojevich's administration.

Jap

And in Arizona, the state department of transportation renamed "Jap Road" near Topock, Arizona to "Bonzai Slough Road" to note the presence of Japanese agricultural workers and family-owned farms along the Colorado River there in the early 20th century.

Joe McInnes

Duncan Joseph “Joe” McInnes (born 1943, Wetumpka, Alabama) is the director of the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT), appointed by Alabama Governor Bob Riley.

John F. Kennedy Boulevard

John F. Kennedy Boulevard Bridge, built in 1959 and reconstructed 2009 by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle

One of these studies was conducted be the Texas department of transportation that studied the karst environment along highway 45 in Texas.

Laguindingan International Airport

It is headed by the Department of Transportation and Communications and its foreign and local consultants, South Korea based Yooshin Engineering Corporation and Ortigas Center, Pasig based SCHEMA Konsult, Inc. respectively, and Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Company as the general contractor of the project.

Lynn Canal Highway

-- Please use "DOT&PF" (official & unique to Alaska), *not* "ADOT" (used by Arizona Department of Transportation). --> calls for extending "The Road" northward from Juneau to Skagway, connecting with the Klondike Highway and thus with the main continental road system.

Mineta Transportation Institute

The Institute is funded by Congress through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration, by the California Legislature through the Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and by other public and private grants and donations, including grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Oregon Route 126

On June 18 and 19, 2001, the City of Eugene, Lane County, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), among others, held a two-day "West Eugene Charrette" to discuss the future of the project.

Ray Barnhart

In a letter to Democratic State Senator Kirk Watson of Austin, Barnhart said that the legislature, not the Texas Department of Transportation, is responsible for problems involving highways.

Samuel G. Bonasso

During his tenure he reorganized the Department of Transportation’s State Rail Authority, guided the site selection of the Southern West Virginia Regional Airport and provided senior executive guidance to the final decisions on completing Appalachian Development Highway System Corridor H.

Somerville Circle

In an attempt to lower the accident rate the New Jersey Department of Transportation installed yield ahead signs for approaching vehicles in February 1995.

Steel Bridge Songfest

In 1995, continuous remote monitoring by Northwestern University's Infrastructure Technology Institute detected new cracks in the track casting, later confirmed by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT).

Wang Xiankui

From 1981 to 1984 Wang studied at the Department of Transportation of East China Jiaotong University and then Southwest Jiaotong University.

Women in government relations

Some of the recent events include a breakfast with Maria Cino, Acting Secretary of the Department of Transportation; a budget briefing with Phyllis Scheinberg, CFO of the Department of Transportation, and events with Representatives John Mica and Steven La Tourette of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.