Highway Transportation

• BTS highlights aspects of highway transportation in the Transportation Statistics Annual Report and publishes numerous tables covering highway transportation in National Transportation Statistics, State Transportation Statistics, and County Transportation Profiles.
• BTS publishes highway network data in the National Transportation Atlas Database and related maps in the

National

• BTS publishes:
  • The Transportation Statistics Annual Report for a description of transportation trends, contributing factors, and the state of transportation statistics
  • Pocket Guide to Transportation, a book and cell phone app and web app with visualizations that highlight key national transportation statistics
  • The Week in Transportation for flash estimates of daily and weekly transportation activity by mode, comparing 2020 to

Transportation System Performance

• Rural Transportation Statistics
• Transportation system performance is described in the, Transportation Statistics Annual Report, measured in selected tables of National Transportation Statistics and State Transportation Statistics, and put on the map in the National Transportation Atlas Database and other products under

National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO) Reports

Reports

International

• BTS summarizes international travel and freight movements to and from the United States in the Transportation Statistics Annual Report and in selected tables of National Transportation Statistics.
• BTS publishes statistics on international freight transportation in:
  • Freight Facts and Figures – summary of annual statistics on freight movement, the freight transportation system, and consequences of freight movement, updated continuously as new dat

Surveys

Maritime and Inland Waterway Transportation

• BTS highlights aspects of maritime and inland waterway transportation in the Transportation Statistics Annual Report and publishes tables related to maritime and inland waterway transportation in National Transportation Statistics.
• BTS publishes Port Performance Freight Statistics on the capacity and throughput of the top 50 ports by tonnage, container traffic, and dry bulk.
• BTS publishes navigable waterway network data in the National Transport

National Household Travel Survey

The 2001 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) was a joint effort undertaken by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to collect data on the volumes and patterns of passenger transportation. The 2001 survey collected detailed information on both the long-distance and local travel by the American public. This included items such as the mode(s) of transportation, purpose of the trip, duration and distance, and accompanying household members.

Targeted Survey

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) develops targeted surveys to address transportation issues of special interest populations (i.e. elderly, pedestrians, etc...) identified by U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) agencies.

Targeted surveys may use telephone interviews, just like the Omnibus Survey does. But they also may use other data collection methods, such as focus groups, intercept surveys, mailout/mailback questionnaires, or web-based surveys.

NCFO Historical Data