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National Transportation Analysis Regions

BTS has divided the U.S. into 89 National Transportation Analysis Regions(NTARs). NTARs are aggregations of Economic Areas defined by the Bureau ofEconomic Analysis, and are intended to represent the functional geographyserved by transportation.

• How National Transportation Analysis Regions (NTARs) were defined for the CFS
• NTAR and BEA Economic Area map in Adobe Acrobat format
• NTAR and States map in Adobe Acrobat format
• Relationships of NTARs to 1987 BEA Economic Areas:
  • in Excel format
  • in Lotus format
• Relationships of 1987 BEA Economic Areas to Counties:
  • in Excel format
  • in Lotus format
• Relationships of NTARs to 1987 BEA Economic Areas and Counties:
  • in Excel format
  • in Lotus format