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Learn About BTS and Our Work

BTS is one of more than a dozen principal federal statistical agencies. Use the menu to learn about BTS, the federal statistical community, and the policies and methods they use to develop accurate, objective information.

Build Your Own Tables and Graphs

A portal featuring tools for you to make your own custom tables and graphs.

Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) Data Tabulation Tool allows users to create and download customized FAF summary tables.National Census of Ferry Operators includes information on routes, terminals and facilities...

Airline On-Time Statistics

Airline On-Time Statistics

NOTE: Data are available from January 1995 through August 2016. Times are reported in local time using a 24 hour clock.

Reporting changes due to mergers. Joint reporting begins after Federal Aviation Administration approval of a single...

Staff Directory

Ask a Librarian BTS ordersCommodity Flow SurveyNational Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO) National Transit Map InitiativeNational Transportation Atlas Database North American Transportation Statistics InterchangePort Performance Freight StatisticsSafeOCS

Office of the DirectorEd...

Calendar

Tuesday, January 24, 2017 - Airline InformationTuesday, April 25, 2017 – Bike Statistics

History of BTS

The mandate for U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to collect and disseminate transportation statistics originates with the Department’s founding in 1966. This mandate has been pursued since then by individual operating administrations, each attempting to fill its own information needs with...

Legislative Mandates

a list of legislative mandates from 1991 to 2021 that specify BTS responsibilities

Port Performance Working Group

The Port Performance Freight Statistics Working Group was created in accordance with Section 6018 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94; Dec. 4, 2015; 129 Stat. 1312). The Working Group supported the early development of the Port Performance Freight Statistics...