Introduction to the Special Issue on Methodological Issues in Accessibility Measures with Possible Policy Implications

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Fundamental to urban and regional transportation analysis is the concept of accessibility. Because of the increasing complexity of transportation...

Guidelines for Manuscript Submission · Instructions to JTS Authors

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After retaining a copy for your files, submit two double-spaced copies of your manuscript to:

Deborah Moore, Managing EditorJournal of Transportation and...

Methodology - Local Area Transportation Characteristics for Households

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GTFS Methodology

The online version of Government Transportation Financial Statistics (GTFS) has been replaced by the new Transportation Public Finance Statistics (TPFS) pages. This page is being reserved for historical purposes. In addition, please visit Rosa P for earlier additions of the Government...

An Analysis of Labor and Multifactor Productivity in Air Transportation: 1990–2001

ANTHONY D. APOSTOLIDES *

The analysis has two main objectives: 1) to examine labor productivity and multifactor productivity (MFP) in U.S. air transportation during the 1990 to 2001 period and to compare these measures to those of two other transportation subsectors and of the...

Airline On-Time Performance and Causes of Flight Delays

Airline On-Time Statistics Home Page | Airline On-Time Tables Home Page | Airline Delay Causes Home Page | Understanding the Reporting of Causes of Flight Delays and Cancellations

Updated Freight Ton-Mile Estimates Technical Summary

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has revised the methodology for calculating freight ton‐miles across modes.1 The objective is to make more comprehensive estimates by using the estimates of total freight ton‐miles and pipeline ton‐miles from the Federal Highway Administration's...

Local Area Transportation Characteristics for Households (LATCH Survey)

The purpose of the project was to develop estimates of average weekday household person trips, vehicle trips, person miles traveled, and vehicle miles traveled (per day), for all Census tracts in the United States. 

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) developed a model...

Transit Systems (more than 2 million boardings per year)

January 2014

International

As the world's largest trading nation, the United States (U.S.) relies heavily on a vast transportation network to expedite the flow of goods and people to and from its trading partners. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) compiles, disseminates, validates, and analyzes a wide variety...