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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

Chapter 63 of Title 49, United States Code, contains most of the mandates for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) going back to the original authorization in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.

Section 329 of Title 49, United States Code, contains...

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...

Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics

The Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics (ACTS) was created with the establishment of the Department's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to advise the BTS Director “on transportation statistics and analyses,...

Intermodal Transportation Database

The Intermodal Transportation Database is defined in Section 6303 of Title 49, United States Code, to include information on the volumes of freight and passenger movement by mode, origin, and destinations; location and connectivity of transportation facilities; information on location and...

Airline Information

Economics and FinanceEnergy and EnvironmentGeospatialInfrastructurePassengers and FreightSafetySeasonally-adjusted dataVehicles

By State

State Transportation Statistics (STS) are a series of reports highlighting major federal databases and other national sources related to each state's infrastructure, safety, freight movement and passenger travel, vehicles, economy and finance, and energy and the environment. Along with tables...

National

National Transportation Statistics Pocket Guide to Transportation Transportation Statistics Annual Report Freight Facts and Figures Passenger Travel Facts and Figures National Transportation Atlas Database

State of Transportation Statistics

PDF:  Chapter 8

HighlightsExtensive data are available on local passenger travel and most long-distance freight movement, but data gaps exist for long-distance travel, domestic movement of international trade, and local freight movement.Cost data are available for most forms of passenger...