Series description: This series consists of files created by White House aides at the request of Lyndon B. Johnson. The files contain correspondence, reports, statements, and newspaper clippings. The materials cover the Department of Transportation Act of 1966 and related message. They include materials from the President's Interagency Task Force on Transportation. The files contain materials on the creation of the cabinet level Department of Transportation and reorganization of related agencies under it. They include materials on the costs, legal analysis, support, and opposition to the bill. They also contain materials on railroads, commercial and civil aviation, trucking, maritime transportation and trade, urban transportation, taxes and fees, traffic and highway safety, freight rates, and transportation research and development.
Folder, "Passage and Signature," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 3
Citation
Folder, "Passage and Signature," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 3, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/legbkgd-trans-b03-f03