The Mineta Transportation Institute is a research institute focusing on the issues related to intermodal surface transportation in the United States . Although part of San Jose State University's Lucas Graduate School of Business in San Jose, California , the headquarters is located at 210 N 4th Street, San Jose and is currently directed by Karen Philbrick. It is named after its founder Norman Mineta , who was the 14th United States Secretary of Transportation .
15-686: It was established by Congress in 1991 as part of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act . MTI has adopted the following areas of emphasis: This article on a California institution of higher education is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Santa Clara County, California building and structure-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ( ISTEA , / aɪ s ˈ t i / )
30-525: A spur following I-59 south to Hattiesburg, then U.S. 49 and proposed MS 601 to Gulfport See corridors 84, 93, 99, and 101–102 See corridors 84, 93, 99–100, and 102 See corridors 84, 93, and 99–101 The legislation also called for the designation of up to five high-speed rail corridors. The options were studied for several months, and announced in October 1992. The first four were announced by United States Secretary of Transportation Andrew Card , while
45-551: Is a United States federal law that posed a major change to transportation planning and policy, as the first U.S. federal legislation on the subject in the post- Interstate Highway System era. The act was signed into law on December 18, 1991, by President George H. W. Bush and codified as Pub. L. 102–240 and 105 Stat. 1914 . The bill was preceded by the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act in 1987 and followed by
60-762: Is fourteenth in the presidential line of succession . The secretary of transportation oversees the U.S. Department of Transportation, which has over 55,000 employees and thirteen agencies , including the Federal Aviation Administration , the Federal Highway Administration , the Federal Railroad Administration , and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration . As of January 2021,
75-925: The Northeast Corridor continued to be limited to 79 mph (127 km/h) until $ 8 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was distributed in January 2010. Jeff Morales one of the principal drafters of this bill, served as CEO of the California High-Speed Rail Authority , which is currently constructing a high-speed rail line along the route originally proposed in this bill, from 2012 to 2017. The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 also mandated that passenger automobiles and light trucks built after September 1, 1998, to have airbags installed as standard equipment for
90-952: The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) in 1998, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) in 2005, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) in 2012, the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST) in 2015, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in 2021. The act presented an overall intermodal approach to highway and transit funding with collaborative planning requirements, giving significant additional powers to metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs). ISTEA also provided funds for
105-480: The secretary of energy . Japanese-American Norman Mineta , who had previously been the secretary of commerce , is the longest-serving secretary, holding the post for over five and a half years, and Andrew Card is the shortest-serving secretary, serving only eleven months. Pete Buttigieg is the youngest secretary, taking office at 39 years 15 days old, overtaking Neil Goldschmidt as the youngest secretary, taking office at 39 years 3 months old, while Norman Mineta
120-1459: The conversion of dormant railroad corridors into rail trails ; the first rail trail to be funded was the Cedar Lake Regional Rail Trail , in Minneapolis , Minnesota. Section 1105 of the act also defines a number of High Priority Corridors , to be part of the National Highway System . After various amendments in subsequent transportation bills and other legislation, this is a list of the corridors: Also designates spurs from I-14 North in Eden to I-10 near Junction following U.S. 83 (paragraph D), from I-14 in Woodville to I-10 in Beaumont via U.S. 69 (paragraph E), from I-14 in Jasper to I-10 in Beaumont via U.S. 96 (paragraph F), and from I-20 in Odessa to I-10 in Pecos County via U.S. 385 , RM 305 , and U.S. 190 (paragraph G). See also corridors 93 and 99–102 See corridors 84, 93, and 100–102 also includes
135-613: The driver and the right front passenger. United States Secretary of Transportation The United States secretary of transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation . The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to transportation. The secretary is a statutory member of the Cabinet of the United States , and
150-552: The last was announced by Federal Railroad Administration head Gil Carmichael . There was not significant funding attached to these announcements: $ 30 million had been allocated to several states by 1997 to improve grade crossings , but that was a very tiny amount in comparison to the billions required for a true high-speed network. Aside from a few places in California and the Chicago–Detroit Line , most areas outside
165-426: The post by Democratic president Lyndon B. Johnson. Ronald Reagan 's second secretary of transportation, Elizabeth Dole , was the first female holder, and Mary Peters was the second. Gerald Ford 's nominee William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. was the first African American to serve as transportation secretary, and Federico Peña , serving under Bill Clinton , was the first Hispanic to hold the position, subsequently becoming
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#1732800992053180-480: The secretary receives an annual salary of $ 221,400. Pete Buttigieg has served as the secretary of transportation since February 3, 2021. He was confirmed by the United States Senate by a vote of 86–13 on February 2, 2021. Buttigieg is the first openly gay man to hold the position, the first openly gay Cabinet secretary and the youngest person to serve as secretary of transportation. The post
195-469: Was created on October 15, 1966, by the Department of Transportation Act, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson . The department's mission is "to develop and coordinate policies that will provide an efficient and economical national transportation system, with due regard for need, the environment, and the national defense." The first secretary of transportation was Alan S. Boyd , nominated to
210-843: Was president. Elaine Chao , who served as the secretary of labor under President George W. Bush , was nominated by Donald Trump on November 29, 2016. On January 31, 2017, the Senate confirmed her appointment by a vote of 93–6. On January 7, 2021, Chao announced her resignation following the January 6 United States Capitol attack , effective January 11. On January 11, 2021, acting deputy secretary of transportation Steven G. Bradbury became acting secretary of transportation. Democratic (8) Republican (11) Status Denotes acting Secretary of Transportation – – The line of succession regarding who would act as Secretary of Transportation in
225-466: Was the oldest, retiring at age 74. In April 2008, Mary Peters launched the official blog of the secretary of transportation called The Fast Lane . On January 23, 2009, the 16th secretary, Ray LaHood , took office, serving under the administration of Democrat Barack Obama ; he had previously been a Republican congressman from Illinois for fourteen years. Anthony Foxx was the 17th U.S. secretary of transportation from 2013 to 2017, when Barack Obama
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