Department of Transportation

The Department of Transportation was created in 1967. It is responsible for overseeing over 100,000 employees and using its $58.7 billion budget to it best possible ways. The United States transportation system includes around 3.9 million miles of public roads along with 2 million miles of oil and natural gas pipelines. There are 120,000 miles of major railroads, over 25,000 miles of used waterways as well as more than 5,000 public-use airports. This department also includes more than 500 major urban public transit operators …

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