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OFTransportation  \nJennifer Peters  \nEnslow PublShing  \nPublished in 2019 by Enslow Publishing,LLC101 W.23rd Street,Suite 240,New York,NY 10011  \nCopyright ◎2019 by Enslow Publishing,LLC  \nAll rights reserved.  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced by any means without the written permission ofthe publisher.  \n# Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data\n\nNames:Peters,Jennifer,author.|Orr,Tamra,author.  \nTitle:Inside the Department of Transportation /Jennifer Peters,Tamra Orr.  \nDescription:New York:Enslow Publishing,2019.|Series:Understanding the executive  \nbranch |Includes bibliographical references and index.|Audience:Grades 5-8.  \nIdentifiers:LCCN 2017060953|ISBN 9780766098992(library bound)|  \nISBN 9780766099005(pbk.)  \nSubjects:LCSH:United States.Department of Transportation—Juvenile literature.|  \nTransportation and state—United States—History—Juvenile literature.|Transportation—  \nUnited States—History—Juvenile literature.  \nClassification:LCC HE206.3.P472019|DDC 388.0973—dc23  \nLC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017060953  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \nTo Our Readers:We have done our best to make sure all website addresses in this book wereactive and appropriate when we went to press.However,the author and the publisher have nocontrol over and assume no liability for the material available on those websites or on any web-sites they may link to.Any comments or suggestions can be sent by email to customerservice@enslow.com.  \nPortions of this book originally appeared in The Department of Transportation by Tamra Orr.  \nPhoto Credits:Cover,p.1 Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock.com;p.5 Andrew E.Kazmierski/Shutterstock.com;p.8 Bettmann/Getty Images;p.9Joe Raedle/Hulton Archive/GettyImages;p.11 Richard Thornton/Shutterstock.com;pp.14,21 Tim Boyle/Getty Images;p.17 Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images;p.18◎APImages;p.24 Keep Smiling Photography/Shutterstock.com;p.26 Rihardzz/Shutterstock.com;p.29 Alexey Lesik Shutterstock.com;p.33 Green Stock Media/Alamy Stock Photo;p.34 Photobank gallery/Shutterstock.com;p.36OGI75/Shutterstock.com  \nCONTENTS  \nINTRODUCTION.  4CHAPTER 1:PLANES,TRAINS,AND AUTOMOBILES...7CHAPTER 2:LEADING THE DEPARTMENT OF  \nTRANSPORTATION.............16CHAPTER 3:HOW THE DEPARTMENT OFTRANSPORTATION WORKS23CHAPTER 4:TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURYTRAVEL PROBLEMS..32CONCLUSION37  \nCHRONOLOGY38  \nBIBLIOGRAPHY44GLOSSARY45FURTHER READING46INDEX48  \n# INTRODUCTION\n\nThis morning,you woke up,got ready for the day,and headed toschool.Unless you live really close to your school,you probablytook a bus or car down a road to get there.Maybe you went over a bridgeor through a tunnel.Or maybe you took a train.You could have eventaken a ferryboat to school,if you live on or near an island.Howeveryou got there,your commute was made possible by the Departmentof Transportation(DOT).The department is responsible for buildingand maintaining America's roadways and for all forms of 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