Check out Education and Careers in Transportation web. This department-wide project is partof the Garrett A. Morgan Technology and TransportationFutures Program, a program designed to interest students of allages in the Transportation Industry.

BTS compiles, analyzes, and makes accessible information on the Nation's transportation systems; collects information on intermodal transportation and other areas as needed; and works to enhance the quality and effectiveness of government statistics.

We regulate the commercial space transportationindustry, only to the extent necessary to ensurecompliance with international obligations of theUnited States and to protect the public healthand safety, safety of property, and nationalsecurity and foreign policy interest of the UnitedStates, encourage, facilitate, and promote commercial space launches by the private sector, recommend appropriate changes in Federal statutes, treaties, regulations, policies, plans, and procedures, and facilitate the strengthening and expansion of the United States space transportation infrastructure.

The mission of the organization is to provide leadership in planning and developing a safe and efficient national airport system to satisfy the needs of aviation interests of the United States, with due consideration for economics, environmental compatibility, local proprietary rights,and safeguarding the public investment.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) consists of 47,000 people dedicatedto improving the safety, security, and efficiency of aviation and commercial spacetransportation in a manner compatible with the environment. The FAA, however, isonly a part of the worldwide aerospace community. The FAA leads, influences, guides,and encourages more than it actually operates and regulates. Safe, secure, efficientaerospace transportation requires close cooperation among all parts of aerospace andthe transportation community, other Federal agencies, and the traveling and shippingpublic.

We in the FHWA are committed to working with you, our customers and partners, to keep America moving safely, comfortably, economically, and without harm to our environment. Our mission is to create the best transportation system in the world for the American people through proactive leadership, innovation, and excellence in service.

Our office is responsible for the issuance, administration, and enforcement of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs), 49 CFR Parts 325, 350, 382-399, the Hazardous Materials Regulations, 49 CFR Parts 100-180, Part 40 as it pertains to the drug and alcohol testing requirements.

We pledge to work with you in every effort to ensure thatAmerica’s communities will be better for America’s citizens. Our transportation systemsin this country now are in better shape than they have been in years. v

U.S. Maritime Administration The overall mission of the Maritime Administration (MARAD) is to promote the development and maintenance of an adequate, well-balanced, United States merchant marine, sufficient to carry the Nation's domestic waterborne commerce and a substantial portion of its waterborne foreign commerce, and capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency.

NHTSA is responsible for reducing deaths, injuries and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes.

As one of nine major agencies of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), the Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) provides vital services to America's dynamic multimodal transportation system. Its safety and research programs strengthen the nation's industrial competitiveness, especially in a global economy where intermodal transportation is essential.

The Board adjudicates disputes and regulates interstate surface transportation through various laws pertaining to thedifferent modes of surface transportation. In this regard, the Board's general responsibilities include the oversight offirms engaged in transportation in interstate and in foreign commerce to the extent that it takes place within theUnited States, or between or among points in the contiguous United States and points in Alaska, Hawaii, or U.S.territories or possessions. Surface transportation matters under the Board's jurisdiction in general include railroadrate and service issues, rail restructuring transactions (mergers, line sales, line construction, and line abandonments)and labor matters related thereto; certain trucking company, moving van, and non-contiguous ocean shippingcompany rate matters; certain intercity passenger bus company structure, financial, and operational matters; andcertain pipeline matters not regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was created in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 as part of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 19, 2001. TSA was originally in the Department of Transportation but was moved to the Department of Homeland Security in March 2003.

The Federal Railroad Administration promotes safe, environmentally sound, successful railroad transportation to meet current and future needs of all customers. We encourage policies and investment in infrastructure and technology to enable rail to realize its full potential.