The Federal Government's first entry into transportation was National Road (b). The Federal Government was concerned with the speed at which goods were transported from their source to their destination. Goods were primarily transported overland by horse and rider. They were transported along the waterways by ships and sail boats. The first road that the government funded was the Boston Post Road. It was built to increase the speed of the delivery of mail. The Boston Post Road was constructed between New York City and Boston.
One other way in which railroad companies used the land was that they would sometime rent out the land to people who wanted live there. <span>(:</span>
