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TABLE 1 Transportation Data Users and Their Needs

TABLE 1 Transportation Data Users and Their Needs

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Category of user Who the users are What the data are used for Policymakers Congress; officials of the U.S. Department of Transportation and other Executive Branch agencies; state and local agencies; metropolitan planning...

Chapter 3 - State of Transportation Statistics

Chapter 3 - State of Transportation Statistics

Transportation statistics arise from an array of data systems each constructed for specific, sometimes narrow, purposes. These systems exist much like a collection of pieces from different jigsaw puzzles of the same picture. The pieces answer some...

Box 2

Box 2 Data on Passenger-Miles of Travel

Two national estimates of passenger-miles of travel (pmt) are available; they differ in coverage, methodology, and other factors. The 2000 pmt data presented in this section come from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) publication, National...

Box 1

Box 1 About the Data in this Report

The data in this report come from a variety of sources—principally, from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and other operating administrations of the Department of Transportation. However, other sources are federal government agencies, such as...

Chapter 1 - Summary

Chapter 1 - Summary

In this edition of the Transportation Statistics Annual Report, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has focused on transportation indicators related to 15 specific topics (chapter 2) and on the overall state of transportation statistics (chapter 3).

Summary...

Appendix A: Glossary

Appendix A: Glossary

Numbers | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

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14 CFR 121 (air): Code of Federal Regulations, Title 14, part 121. Prescribes rules governing the operation of domestic, flag, and supplemental...

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments U.S. Department of Transportation

Norman Y. Mineta Secretary

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Rick Kowalewski Deputy Director

William J. Chang Associate Director for Information Systems

John V. Wells Chief Economist

Jeremy...