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National Transportation Statistics
Overview
The annual National Transportation Statistics (NTS) report, compiled and
published by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), is the
transportation equivalent of the Census Bureau’s Statistical Abstract
of the United States. The NTS 2003 provides over 250 tables of data on:
- The extent, condition, use and performance of the physical transportation network
- Accidents, crashes, fatalities and injuries for each mode and for hazardous materials
- The relationship between transportation and the economy, including
share of Gross Domestic Product, employment, and transportation expenditures
- Transportation energy use and environmental impacts
NTS data are used as a ready reference, and as a primary source of data for BTS’
Pocket Guide to Transportation—a popular guide to changes in the U.S. transportation
system since 1970—and the Transportation Statistics Annual Report. The NTS includes
a brief discussion of the quality of data used in the tables, as well as extensive
explanatory notes with each table, highlighting differences in data collection across
modes and over time.
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