---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 302-5.7"
title: "41"
number: "302-5.7"
heading: "Agency authorized mode of transportation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/302-5.7"
---

# §302-5.7. Agency authorized mode of transportation.

- (a) Agencies will authorize travel by any transportation mode(s) that it determines to be advantageous to the Government except as noted in paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c) of this section.
- (b) For trips of less than 250 miles, agencies may only authorize travel by POV, unless there are reasons for not using a POV that are acceptable to the agency. POV mileage reimbursement will be in accordance with [§ 302-4.300](/cfr/41/302-4.300.md) of this subchapter.
- (c) For trips that are 250 miles or more, agencies may only authorize travel by common carrier, unless the agency performs a written cost comparison that demonstrates cost savings.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5738; 20 U.S.C. 905(a); E.O. 11609, 36 FR 13747, 3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., p. 586.

### Source

Source: FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted.