The Department of Transportation
Concept and Structure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10874308 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard W Barsness (Northwestern University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 500-515 |
| Publication date | 1970-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Western Political Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-4078 • E-ISSN: 2325-8675 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591297002300305 |
| OpenAlex | W1996148039 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
portation agency occurred as early as 1874, and recommendations of this nature became particularly frequent from the 1930's on,' Congress did not adopt cabinet-level Department of Transportation (DOT) until October 1966.2 The key word and theme in the official declaration of policy for the agency was coordination. President Lyndon B. Johnson cogently summarized the ultimate objective as being a coordinated transportation system that permits travelers and goods to move conveniently and efficiently from one means of transportation to another, using the best characteristics of each.3 Transportation coordination has physical, economic, social, and political dimensions, and it was the manifest hope of the President and the Congress that each of these dimensions would benefit from the establishment of DOT.4 For
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| Citations per year | 0.15 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1993 - 2019 (27) |
| Highly cited | No |