The federal agencies involved In the United States, the transportation law comprises the federal and state laws that govern the transportation of passengers and goods. The laws are mainly focus on transportation as a business and are thus concerned with the methods and means used by the transport industries. Different means of transportation of goods and passengers are encompassed in the laws. These include the road transport, rail transport, water transport, air transport, and pipeline. The laws provide for the safety of the users of these means of transport, the materials to be transported, and the public non-users. These laws are mainly enacted and enforced by the state and its agencies. Different agencies are involved in the development and enforcement of these transportation laws. The US Department of Transportation (DOT) This is the umbrella body concerned with the development of the policies governing the transport sector in the US. In conjunction with the relevant local and state offices, the US DOT enacts policies that govern the design and construction of different transport systems like railroads, highways, and even sea routes (Transportation Law, 2011). The department of transportation ensures that high quality services are provided in the transport sector. It is charged with the mandate of ensuring that transportation system is developed in the country that is fast and safe for use by the public. The conditions of roads and highways, the railroads, pipelines, and the maritime have to be checked and improved constantly to ensure that they meet the modern standards (Transportation Law, 2011, para.2). The department is also concerned with the accessibility of these means of transport. It ensures that the most affordable means of transport, that is roads, is highly accessible through development of network of roads and highways all over the country. There is a need to have a proper connection between the most flexible means of transport like roads and the others like rail, pipeline, sea and air transport to improve the convenience of these services to the users. For instance, there is need for road connection between a railway station or pipeline and a water port. The airports in the country should have sufficient road access. There other agencies created within and outside the department that are concerned with the development and enforcement of the transportation laws in different areas of transport. Proper coordination among these different agencies is very essential in achieving the overall objectives of the transport department. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) FMCSA is an agency concerned with the safety of large trucks transporting goods and large buses that convey passengers. It was developed from the Federal Highway Administration following the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (Transportation Law, 2011, para.9). The focus of this agency is safety in the use of large commercial buses and trucks. The agency is concerned with the safety of the driver and the vehicle including the materials and passengers that are being transported. It ensures the reduction of cases of road accidents and related odds that