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Selected transportation measures compiled by BTS during the COVID-19 public health emergency Daily Travel and Staying Home Commercial Aviation Freight and Border Activity Transit Ridership Notes and SourcesNational Transportation Atlas Database Winter 2021 Update
The Winter 2021 update to the National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) was released today with two new datasets and six updated datasets. NTAD is a Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) compilation of geospatial datasets representing the nation’s transportation infrastructure, containing...What does BTS have? Where can I find what I'm looking for?
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What is the purpose of the Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS)? Will the scope and population of interest for the 2021 VIUS remain the same as the earlier surveys? What are some common uses of the VIUS data? Who uses the VIUS data? Who conducts the VIUS and how often is it...Thanksgiving week travel: total number of trips down, long distance trips up over last year
Data spotlights represent data and statistics from a specific period of time, and do not reflect ongoing data collection. As individual spotlights are static stories, they are not subject to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) web standards and may not be updated after their...
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Browse this page to catch up on our Data Spotlight articlesTransportation Puts Veterans in the Driver’s Seat…and in the Wheelhouse, the Cockpit, the Railyard, the Transit Garage and the Air Traffic Control Tower
Data spotlights represent data and statistics from a specific period of time, and do not reflect ongoing data collection. As individual spotlights are static stories, they are not subject to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) web standards and may not be updated after their...
As Daylight Saving Time Ends, Track US Time Zones in BTS National Transportation Atlas Database
Last weekend, millions of Americans turned back their clocks one hour to mark the return from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time. But, not everyone did. Some states (Hawaii, Arizona--except for the Navajo Nation within the state) and U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, Northern...