BTS compiles these and other statistics under Section 52011: Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (Public Law No. 112-141), which requires information on:

1. transportation safety across all modes and intermodally;

2. the state of good repair of United States transportation infrastructure;

3. the extent, connectivity, and condition of the transportation system, building on the national transportation atlas database developed;

4. economic efficiency across the entire transportation sector;

5. the effects of the transportation system on global and domestic economic competitiveness;

6. demographic, economic, and other variables influencing travel behavior, including choice of transportation mode and goods movement;

7. transportation-related variables that influence the domestic economy and global competitiveness;

8. economic costs and impacts for passenger travel and freight movement;

9. intermodal and multimodal passenger movement;

10. intermodal and multimodal freight movement; and

11. consequences of transportation for the human and natural environment