The Convenience of Commerce
Note to archeologists and readers: this was written a long time ago and is maintained simply for historical reasons.
I didn’t know that the federal Department of Transportation was responsible for regulating time zones in the US. Actually, I never knew that they were regulated at all, come to think of it. A few counties in Indiana just switched time zones and I happened to notice this in the news.
It’s also interesting to note this:
Under the Uniform Time Act of 1966, the Secretary of Transportation has the authority to set time-zone boundaries and must base decisions on the âconvenience of commerce.â?
It struck me as quite forthright that the decision to change a time zone should be based on commercial needs rather than whatever We The People happen to be thinking at a given point in time.