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Transportation Vulnerability and Resilience (TVAR)

Overview of the TVAR Program

In 2023, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics launched the Transportation Vulnerability and Resilience (TVAR) Data Program. TVAR aims to provide data and tools to help local and state agencies assess and respond to natural, manufactured, and cybersecurity threats to transportation infrastructure.

Hurricane Milton — Florida Transportation Infrastructure

A map depicting the predicted path of Hurricane Milton through the state of Florida with transportation infrastructure shown. The storm's cone of uncertainty intersects several interstate routes, airports, class 1 railroads, principal maritime ports and the silver star Amtrak route. The storm is expected to make landfall at 2:00 AM on Thursday October 10th, 2024 on the western side of Florida and continue on to the Atlantic Ocean at 2:00 PM on the same day. 

Journal of Transportation and Statistics

ISSN: 1094-8848

The Journal of Transportation and Statistics (JT&S) was a peer-reviewed journal published by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from 1998 to 2014. JT&S published original research in transportation information and data, theory, concepts, and methods of analysis relevant to all aspects of the transportation system.

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Daily Vehicle Miles-Traveled per Capita by Urbanized Area 2022

This map features daily vehicles-miles of travel (VMT) per capita by federal-aid urbanized areas1 with one million or more people. Urban areas with the highest per capita VMT are found predominately in the southeast United States whereas areas with the lowest per capita VMT are found in the Northeast, San Francisco Bay Area, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

(1) A "Federal-Aid Urbanized Area" is an area with 50,000 or more persons that at a minimum encompasses the land area delineated as the urbanized area by the Bureau of the Census. Urbanized areas or by the...