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20 unusual facts about United States Department of Transportation


Aircraft Situation Display to Industry

The Aircraft Situation Display to Industry (or ASDI) data stream is a service made available through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Volpe Transportation Center.

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).

Argent Ventures

On December 6, 2006, the United States Department of Transportation announced Midtown TDR Ventures LLC had purchased the rights from American Financial.

Blount Island

The United States Department of Transportation required matching funds of $1.7 million from JAXPORT.

Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe

The case concerned the decision by the Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe to construct Interstate 40 through Overton Park in Memphis, Tennessee.

Helicopter flight controls

Washington, DC: Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, 2001.

Joint Planning and Development Office

The JPDO is a multi-agency public/private initiative to include: United States Department of Transportation, United States Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Aviation Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Lakes to Locks Passage

The Lakes to Locks Passage was recognized as an All-American Road by the United States Department of Transportation in 2002 for the byway's historic and recreational assets.

Locair

Locair provided services on behalf of Air Azul as part of the United States Department of Transportation Essential Air Service Program between Nashville and Somerset.

Office of Commercial Space Transportation

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

Pentanitroaniline

Pentanitroaniline is regulated by the United States Department of Transportation (DoT) as a "forbidden explosive" that is too dangerous to transport over public thoroughfares or by air.

RiverLink Ferry

In 2000, the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration provided a grant of $1,306,500 for the purchase and conversion of a second vessel.

Staggers Rail Act

The Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 abolished the ICC, and created its successor agency, the Surface Transportation Board, an administrative affiliate of the United States Department of Transportation.

START Bus

In November 2013, START Bus was awarded $8 million from the United States Department of Transportation to build an indoor bus storage and maintenance facility.

Time in Arizona

Time in Arizona, as in all U.S. states, is regulated by the United States Department of Transportation.

US Helicopter

US Helicopter was the only scheduled helicopter airline service in the United States certified by both the United States Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration.

Water-reactive

Water-reactive substances are classified as R2 under the UN classification system and as Hazard 4.3 by the United States Department of Transportation.

Yankee Boy Basin

The road starts a quarter mile south of Ouray, passes a DOT site, and winds its way up the canyon.

Zinc ammonium chloride

It is a Class 9 hazardous material (Miscellaneous) according to the U.S. DOT.


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.

Differential GPS

The United States Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration and the National Geodetic Survey appointed the Coast Guard as the maintaining agency for the U.S. Nationwide DGPS network (NDGPS).

Electronics Research Center

The campus is now the site of the United States Department of Transportation's John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.

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.

Institute of Transportation Studies

Research partners include the Division of Research and Innovation at the California Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, and the Research and Innovative Technology Associaltion at the United States Department of Transportation.

Michael Huerta

From 1993 to 1998 he held senior positions at the United States Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C., serving under Secretaries Federico Peña and Rodney E. Slater during the Clinton Administration.

MSDSonline

The company's various products and services are intended to promote safer work environments, lower costs, and reduce the risk and liability associated with meeting the compliance requirements established by Occupational Safety and Health Administration, United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States Department of Transportation, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, the Joint Commission (JCAHO) and various other regulatory organizations.

William R. Rivkin

Robert S. Rivkin, a current senior vice president of Delta Airlines, and the former General Counsel of the United States Department of Transportation (since April 2009).