Figure 1 - Growth in Domestic Freight Ton-Miles: 1975-1999

(Index: 1975 = 1.0)

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Figure 1 - Rail-Related Fatality Rate: 1978-2000

(Rate per million train miles)

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Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2001

NOTE: This edition of the Transportation Statistics Annual Report is provided as a historical reference. A newer edition of this publication, with more recent data for many items, is available. Some information and data in the historical...

Transportation Statistics Annual Report 1998

NOTE: This edition of the Transportation Statistics Annual Report is provided as a historical reference. A newer edition of this publication, with more recent data for many items, is available. Some information and data in the historical...

Preface

Congress requires the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration to report on transportation statistics to the President and Congress. This Transportation Statistics Annual Report (TSAR) is the twelfth such report prepared in...

Information Quality

BTS obtained the data in this report from many sources, including federal government agencies, private industries, and associations. Some of the data are based on samples and are subject to sampling variability. Data from all sources may be subject to omissions and...

Data Gaps

Resource constraints are now causing reductions in scope, postponement, delays, and in some cases discontinuation of several long-term data series important to understanding changes in the field of transportation. RITA/BTS, for example, will not conduct a previously planned long-...

Box A - Information Quality Guidelines for Federal Transportation Data

As a federal statistical organization, BTS has its own statistical standards and participates with other federal statistical organizations to improve the quality of statistical information. The practices of other...

Table 1.Selected Federal Agencies that Collect or Compile Transportation Data

Bureau of Economic Analysis USDOC Bureau of Labor Statistics USDOL Bureau of Transportation Statistics (Research and Innovative Technology Administration) USDOT Customs...

State of Transportation Statistics

U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) legislative mandate requires annual submission of this Transportation Statistics Annual Report to the President...