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Bureau of Transportation Statistics


Under the Department of Transportation, the BTS compiles, analyzes, and makes accessible information on the Nation's transportation systems; collects information on intermodal transportation and other areas as needed; and works to enhance the quality and effectiveness of government statistics. The National Transportation Data Archive includes aviation safety data, boating accident reports, commodity flow survey, fatality analysis reporting system database, highway statistics, motor carrier financial and operating statistics, national transit database, national transportation atlas, national transportation database, national personal transportation survey, on-time statistics for airlines, the Statistical Handbook of Aviation, truck inventory and use survey, vessel statistics, visual database of transportation statistics, and waterborne commerce statistics. The National Transportation Library is a repository of materials from public and private organizations around the country. It contains thousands of files in PDF format.

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Subjects for this Item:

  1. TRANSPORTATION
  2. STATISTICS
  3. UNITED STATES

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