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Wednesday, October 30, 2019 - National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a guide to historical national-level transportation trends was updated today.
One-third (34%) of the nation’s rail tank cars met new safety requirements in 2018, up from 20% in 2017, according to Fleet Composition of Rail Tank Cars Carrying Flammable Liquids: 2019 Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released WMATA Close Call Program Report 2013-2018, which details the six-year results of the close call program that encourages employees to confidentially and voluntarily report unsafe conditions or events – close calls – that could result in illness, injury, damage, or loss.
A close call is an event or condition that had the possibility for serious consequences but did not progress to an adverse safety event.
Friday, October 25, 2019 - The Fall 2019 update to the National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) was released today with three new datasets and 10 updated datasets.
NTAD is a Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) compilation of geospatial datasets representing the nation’s transportation infrastructure, containing roadways, railways, waterways, and airports.