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Types of Questions Received:
Can I send my data to BTS for permanent storage?
If there is a mistake in the data, will BTS correct it after it is published in the archive?
Hosting access tools for all of transportation data...
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Category Number of Comments Percentage of Total Comments Clearinghouse 12 4% Stakeholder Communication 38 12% Customer service 17...Graphic Version
Group Number of Groups Percentage of Total User Groups Academic 92 0.3 All Groups 2 0.01 Associations 45 0.15...Graphic Version
The transportation community would like one source to serve as an access point to transportation statistics and data; or
The web search approach (e.g., Google) often funnels the public to “BTS,” many of whom leave disappointed and...
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Clearing-house Depository Archive Data Warehouse BTS data X X X X DOT data X ? ?...Graphic Version
BTS Directory of Data Sources (online search of public data listing)
BTS datasets in data.gov (via USDOT Data Inventory)
Data from BTS Bookstore stored in NTL Digital Repository
Hosting NCFRP-47 Data Dictionary for...
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Clearinghouse: collects and gives out information about a specific thing or topic area; a portal
Depository: stores and disseminates information and data; interchanged with repository when discussing digital or a large amount of information
Archive:...
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‘‘(a) PURPOSE AND ESTABLISHMENT.—To support the information management and decisionmaking needs of transportation officials at the Federal, State, and local levels, there is established in the Bureau a National Transportation Library which shall—...