General

Legacy ID

201

Strategic Goals & Objectives

Strategic Goals & Objectives The Outcomes We're Aiming to Achieve Relevance

We aim to anticipate the needs of decision makers, provide the information that is most useful to them, and demonstrate a thorough understanding of major transportation issues and trends. If our...

Our Vision for the Future

Our Vision for the Future Where We're Going Data and information of high quality will support every significant transportation policy decision, thus advancing the quality of life and economic well being of all Americans.

What does this look like over our time horizon through...

Our Mission

Our Mission What We're About Our mission is to lead in developing transportation data and information of high quality, and to advance their effective use in both public and private transportation decision making.

Our mission is the starting point for all of our programs and...

Introduction

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) is one of eleven operating administrations within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). BTS puts together data and information that others need to make decisions concerning transportation. We collect data; compile, analyze...

Guiding Principles

Guiding Principles How We'll Manage Our Work

Each decision we make, and each strategy we conceive, must meet certain basic tests for how we want to manage. Each of these guiding principles is necessary to ensure the long term health and survival of BTS:

Mandates We...

BTS Legislative Authorities and Mandates

Compilation of statistics. BTS must compile and analyze a comprehensive set of transportation sta-tistics to provide timely summaries and totals (in-cluding industry wide aggregates and multi-year averages). The statistics must be suitable for con-...