Foxx's 4 Goals
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President Johnson signed an act on October 15, 1966 creating the Department of Transportation. Directly from the text the U.S. Department of Transportation has four goals. They are to ensure the safety of all forms of transportation, protect the interest of consumers, conduct planning and research for the future, and to help cities and states meet their local transportation needs.
Transportation safety is an ongoing challenge. Minimizing transportation related injuries and deaths has always been a goal of the DOT. Whether it is on ground or by air the official website for the Department of Transportation says “safety remains DOT’s top priority” (Dot.gov). A current issue they are facing is drinking or texting while driving, and …show more content…
He is the seventeenth Secretary and the agency currently has over 55,000 employees and a $70 billion dollar budget. His main goals are “to ensure that America maintains the safest, most efficient transportation system in the world” (Secretary). Foxx had been the Mayor of Charlotte prior to his current position where he invested city money into transportation in efforts to help their economy and create jobs.
Foxx’s goals as a politician revolved around transportation because he realizes how vital transportation is to any economy. As Secretary of Transportation it is his job to carry out the National Transportation Policy. According to the text the National Transportation Policy “agenda revolves around six key themes” (Kane) that fulfill both short- and long term needs.
1. Maintain and expand the Nation’s transportation system: “We cannot afford inadequate, inefficient transportation” (Kane) so the government seeks to maintain infrastructure. The government is providing incentives to “renew the capacity and performance of the transportation system” (Kane), and keeping facilities and assets in sound condition is an “immediate
President Johnson signed an act on October 15, 1966 creating the Department of Transportation. Directly from the text the U.S. Department of Transportation has four goals. They are to ensure the safety of all forms of transportation, protect the interest of consumers, conduct planning and research for the future, and to help cities and states meet their local transportation needs.
Transportation safety is an ongoing challenge. Minimizing transportation related injuries and deaths has always been a goal of the DOT. Whether it is on ground or by air the official website for the Department of Transportation says “safety remains DOT’s top priority” (Dot.gov). A current issue they are facing is drinking or texting while driving, and …show more content…
He is the seventeenth Secretary and the agency currently has over 55,000 employees and a $70 billion dollar budget. His main goals are “to ensure that America maintains the safest, most efficient transportation system in the world” (Secretary). Foxx had been the Mayor of Charlotte prior to his current position where he invested city money into transportation in efforts to help their economy and create jobs.
Foxx’s goals as a politician revolved around transportation because he realizes how vital transportation is to any economy. As Secretary of Transportation it is his job to carry out the National Transportation Policy. According to the text the National Transportation Policy “agenda revolves around six key themes” (Kane) that fulfill both short- and long term needs.
1. Maintain and expand the Nation’s transportation system: “We cannot afford inadequate, inefficient transportation” (Kane) so the government seeks to maintain infrastructure. The government is providing incentives to “renew the capacity and performance of the transportation system” (Kane), and keeping facilities and assets in sound condition is an “immediate