Table 38. Percent of Disabled and Nondisabled Drivers who Restrict their Driving by Avoiding Driving at Night by Age

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Executive Summary

Almost any activity that people engage in outside the home – working, managing personal business, socializing – relies on access to transportation of some kind. And many factors, from sidewalk design to the width of the airplane aisles, affect peoples' access to...

Table 22. Percent of Disabled and Nondisabled Experiencing Problems with Local Transportation

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Figure 12. Driving Ability Perceptions by Non-Disabled People

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2002 National Transportation Availability and Use Survey

Methodology

According to the 2000 decennial census, approximately 19 percent of the U.S. resident (noninstitutionalized) population aged 5 years or older has a disability.4

The disability prevalence rate among children under the age of 5 years is approximately 3...

Introduction

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a statistical agency within the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), compiles, analyzes, and publishes data and information needed for transportation...

Performance Goals

(long-term, outcome)

Increase the number of Congressional and Government Agency requests for BTS information (increase awareness in Congress and other Government Agencies of what we can provide).

Long-Term Goal: 325 in 2007, 350 in 2008...

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Slide 13 of 14: Next Steps

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Slide 12 of 14: Highlights: Bureau CIO

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