General
Legacy ID
201
Preface
PrefaceCongress requires the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) to report on transportation statistics to the President and Congress. This Transportation Statistics Annual Report is the 13th such report...
Data Gaps
Data GapsIn the future, there will be data gaps in several areas of transportation due to continuing resource constraints. Federal agencies have reduced in scope, postponed, delayed and in some cases discontinued several long term data series important to understanding changes...
Box B - Data Needs Findings From the Transportation Research Board's Peer Exchange With State Transportation Officials
Box B - Data Needs Findings From the Transportation Research Board's Peer Exchange With State Transportation OfficialsIn April 2007, the Transportation Research Board held a peer exchange discussion with representatives from 10 state transportation departments, 2 metropolitan...
Box A - Information Quality Guidelines for Federal Transportation Data
Box A - Information Quality Guidelines for Federal Transportation DataAs a Federal statistical agency, BTS has its own statistical standards and participates with other Federal statistical agencies to improve the quality of statistical information. The practices of other...
Table 1 - Selected Federal Agencies that Collect or Compile Transportation Data
Table 1 - Selected Federal Agencies that Collect or Compile Transportation Data Multimodal Data (including economic data)Bureau of Economic Analysis, USDOC Bureau of Labor Statistics, USDOL Bureau of Transportation Statistics (Research and Innovative Technology...
State of Transportation Statistics
State of Transportation StatisticsThe legislative mandate for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) requires annual submission of this Transportation Statistics Annual Report to the President and Congress. The report includes information on the topics covered in...
Global Connectivity
Global Connectivity Transportation-related variables that influence the domestic economy and global competitiveness (chapter 2, section D) The United States traded $401.2 billion worth (in current dollars) of transportation-related goods (e.g., cars,...Summary
SummaryThis edition of the Transportation Statistics Annual Report (TSAR) presents selected transportation data on topics specified in the legislative mandate of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation...