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The Federal Aviation Administration’s mission is to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world. The FAA provides funding opportunities that assist participants in meeting the administration’s nationwide goals.
The agency strives to reach the...
In addition to discretionary grant funding programs outlined in this toolkit, the Department administers credit and loan programs to support transportation projects. The Build America Bureau within the Office of the Secretary of Transportation is the primary overseer of these financing programs...
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The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is responsible for developing and enforcing regulations for the safe, reliable, and environmentally sound transportation of energy and other hazardous materials that are essential to the daily lives of the American...
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s mission is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes through education, research, safety standards, and enforcement.
NHTSA works with State Highway Safety Offices (...
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The Maritime Administration’s mission is to foster and promote the U.S. Merchant Marine and the American maritime industry to strengthen the maritime transportation system—including landside infrastructure, the shipbuilding and repair industry, and waterborne commerce—to...
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The Office of the Secretary of Transportation oversees the formulation of national transportation policy and promotes intermodal transportation through programs and grants which support the USDOT’s mission to deliver the world’s leading transportation system,...
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The Federal Transit Administration supports programs and activities that plan, build, and operate transit systems.
FTA makes public transit on buses, trains, and even ferryboats safer through program implementation and oversight, policy development, hazard...