Transportation Law is the part of the law that governs all aspects of transportation such as air, highways, rail, sea, and pipelines.
Transport or transportation may refer to the movement of people, goods, information, or anything else.
Typical forms of transportation used to travel from one place to another are cars, trains, and planes.
While most transportation law deals with roads, and roads are a common topic in popular media, the subject is far broader than initially thought. Transportation law encompasses the gamut from how bicycles get set up and shared between different people to how airplanes and ships move goods across the world to highway construction regulations and airline safety rules.
Sources of Law and Regulations
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is a Cabinet-level department of the executive branch of government created by an act of Congress in 1966 and given the mission to safely, effectively, and efficiently move people and goods from place to place. Today, the action resembles quasi-agencies, such as the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which investigates transit accidents.
A state governor is the chief executive of a state or territory's executive branch and is the directly elected official representing the state in the United States federal executive departments.
A state governor is the chief executive of a state or territory's executive branch and is the directly elected official representing the state in the United States federal executive departments. The role of governors has evolved and varies depending on the specifics of a state's government.
Most of the powers of state governors are institutional and symbolic, as the real power in a state resides with popularly-elected assemblies such as state legislatures.
Transporting cargo and goods from location to location can introduce risks and challenges for companies.
