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National Transportation Atlas Database

The National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD), published by BTS, is a set of nationwide geographic databases of transportation facilities, transportation networks, and associated infrastructure.  These datasets include spatial information for transportation modal networks and...

Staff Directory

Ask a Librarian  BTS orders Commodity Flow Survey National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO)  National Transit Map Initiative National Transportation Atlas Database  North American Transportation Statistics Interchange Port Performance Freight Statistics SafeOCS...

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...

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,...