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Slide 3 of 7: Weakness

Friday, February 27, 2015

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Weaknesses Strategy
  • Other than aviation and transborder freight data, BTS product releases are infrequent.
  • Develop topical products:
    • "Facts and Figures" series
    • State Transportation Profile
  • The budget has been stagnant for the past ten years, leaving little room to fill key data
    gaps or conduct research into new methods.
  • Leverage opportunities on
    • Collaborations
      • Organization
      • Data
    • Openness
      • Open Data
      • Data as asset