Editing Norman Mineta (section)

==Legacy==
The [[Mineta Transportation Institute]] was named after him. It was established by Congress in 1991 as a research institute focusing on issues related to [[Intermodal passenger transport|intermodal surface transport]] in the [[United States]]. It is part of San Jose State University's [[Lucas College and Graduate School of Business|Lucas Graduate School of Business]] in San Jose, California, and is currently directed by Karen Philbrick.

In 2001, the San Jose International Airport adopted his name to honor him while he was serving as the United States Secretary of Transportation. In 2024, a statue was erected there in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=staff • • |first=NBC Bay Area |date=January 25, 2024 |orig-date=January 25, 2024 |title=Norman Mineta statue unveiled at San Jose airport |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/south-bay/statue-norman-mineta-san-jose-airport/3433492/ |access-date=November 4, 2024 |website=NBC Bay Area |language=en-US}}</ref>

On September 15, 2008, [[California State Route 85]], a freeway connecting the South San Jose area with [[Mountain View, California|Mountain View]], was also designated the Norman Y. Mineta Highway in remembrance of Mineta.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weingroff |first=Richard |title=In Memoriam: Norman Y. Mineta |work=[[Federal Highway Administration]]}}</ref>

In 2022, Congress renamed the Department of Transportation headquarters building as the William T. Coleman, Jr. and Norman Y. Mineta Federal Building, in honor of Mineta and another former Secretary, [[William T. Coleman Jr.|William Thaddeus Coleman Jr.]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weingroff |first=Richard |date=2023-06-30 |title=A New Name for DOT Headquarters |url=https://highways.dot.gov/highway-history/general-highway-history/new-name-dot-headquarters |website=FHWA News}}</ref>