Department of Commerce response to proposal for Department of Transportation

Memoriandum for:

Data posted: December 22, 1965

Creation of a 12th Cabinet Post

The proposal for a Cabinet-level Department of Transportation consolidating various existing transportation agencies. 

Cabinet created on March 9, 1966

Letter to President Lyndon B. Johnson from WH Advisor Joe Califano

White House domestic policy chief Joseph Califano, Jr.'s letter to President Lyndon B. Johnson planning a meeting wtih Secretaries Connor and Boyd to develop a Department of Transportation as well as other transportation functions. 

Dated:  September 22, 1965

Comments on the Memorandum for and against the creation of a Department of Transportation

This is an analysis of the attached paper commenting on a proposed Department of Transportation. 

From the Under Secretary of Commerce and Transportation, Alan S. Boyd.

Dated: January 1, 1966

EVEN MORE Questions and Answers for the Smart City Challenge

1.  Can I submit last minute questions on the forms and application requirements to SmartCityChallenge@dot.gov?

Yes, please submit any questions you may have. We will respond promptly.

2.  The Notice of Funding Opportunity provides a link to grants.gov for the Standard...

Amendment 1 to Smart City Challenge Notice of Funding Opportunity

The purpose of this amendment is to add text to Section D of the Notice of Funding Opportunity. Accordingly, the Notice of Funding Opportunity is hereby amended as follows. Applicants are required to acknowledge this Amendment 1 in the application. See attached.

January 2016 Significant Rulemaking Report

January 2016 Significant Rulemaking Report

January 2016 Effects Report

Monthly effects report

Air Travel Consumer Reports for 2016

Air Travel Consumer Reports for 2016

Proactive Safety Principles 2016

Today’s motor vehicles are safer than they have ever been as automakers continue to invest in the development and implementation of innovative safety technologies and practices. Since the passage of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act in 1966, fatalities as a share of miles...