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Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Pat Hu, Director
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
United States Department of Transportation
History and Overview
■ In 1992, the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act (ISTEA) created BTS as a federal
statistical agency to:
□ administer transportation data collection, analysis, and
reporting; and
□ ensure the most cost-effective use of resources to
monitor:
□ Transportation’s contributions to the economy
□ Transportation’s implications, e.g., safety,
environment
■ BTS is one of the 15 statutorily recognized Federal Statistical Agencies.
As such, BTS
□ is policy-neutral objective broker for the facts,
□ does independent data collection and analysis, and assists all the other modal
agencies to be more effective and efficient in their data collection and analysis,
□ sets standards for transportation data, and
□ has special statutory protection for maintaining confidentiality of data.
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Overview (Continued)
■ In 2005, BTS became part of the
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration.
■ Budget and Size
□ SAFETEA-LU authorizes $27 million annually
□ Airline program $4 million;
□ Approximately 55 Federal employees
■ Advised by a 10-member advisory council
appointed by the Secretary of Transportation
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BTS Responsibilities
■ Provide data, statistics, and analysis for fiscally responsible investments to
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Continue economic recovery
Improve economic competitiveness
Strengthen communities
Improve safety
 Ensure reliability of decisions by reviewing the validity of both data and
method;
 Coordinate collection of information with the operating administrations;
 Modernize data programs;
 Encourage and facilitate data standardization;
 Publish comprehensive statistics on the performance and impacts of
transportation systems;
 Make statistics accessible;
 Establish and maintain a National Transportation Library
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Data and Statistics Development
 Safety
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Confidential Close Call (C3RS) Reporting System.
▪ The aim is to collect precursor data to improve rail safety through
voluntary reporting and other non-regulatory means
▪ An FRA Research Safety Initiative -- 6th year running; received and
processed, in a secure area, over 2,350 reports on close call events.
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Safety Data.Gov
▪ As part of the Data.Gov initiative, the goal is to make data/knowledge
related to public safety accessible in one central location.
▪ USDOT is taking the lead in partnership with Departments of Justice
and Labor, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and others.
▪ 500 data sets would be accessible and searchable through
standardized key words.
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Data and Statistics Development (cont’d)
 Freight
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2012 Commodity Flow Survey
▪ Is the primary source of domestic freight shipments by commodity types,
origins and destinations, values, weights, modes of transport, etc.
▪ Data are to be collected from 100,000+ shippers.
▪ Data collection began in December 2011, and will last for 12 months.
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TransBorder Freight Data
▪ Data represent official U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico for shipments
by surface modes since North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA).
▪ Specifically, it collects freight flow data by commodity type and by mode
of transportation for U.S. exports to, and imports from, Canada and
Mexico.
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Data and Statistics Development (cont’d)
 Freight (cont’d)
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International Freight Data System (IFDS)
▪ Is a data warehouse containing detailed data on all imports and
exports.
▪ IFDS will address freight data gaps and improve geographical
representation of imports and exports.
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Air Freight Traffic
Passengers (millions)
Freight (millions of tons)
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▪ Monthly data reported by certificated
U.S. and foreign air carriers’ freight
and mail transported.
▪ Carriers also report data on aircraft
type, service class, available
capacity, and aircraft hours ramp-toramp and airborne.
800
700
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Passengers
10
600
500
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Freight
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400
300
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200
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0
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Data and Statistics Development (cont’d)
 Passenger Travel
Air Carrier
Weather
Air Traffic Control & Airports
Security
Aircraft Arriving Late
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Air Travel
▪ Monthly data are reported on passengers,
including enplanements, origins,
destinations, on-time performance, and
tarmac delay.
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27.9%
37.6%
3.0%
0.2%
31.3%
2010 National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO)
▪ It collects information on each ferry vessel, route segments,
passenger/vehicle boardings, peak periods, modal
connectivity, terminal information.
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Data and Statistics Development (cont’d)
 Passenger Travel (cont’d)
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GIS-based Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database
▪ Nationwide database of 2,500 intercity transportation facilities with
scheduled passenger services.
Percentage of passenger transportation terminals
with connectivity to other modes
Rural Americans are losing intercity access
With connecting modes
Ferry Terminals
Without connecting modes
Commuter Rail
Stations
Amtrak and
Alaska Railroad
Terminals
Airports
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500
1,000
1,500
Number of Terminals
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Data and Statistics Development (cont’d)
 Economy and Finance
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Transportation Service Index (TSI)
▪ Monthly index measures freight/passenger movement.
▪ Is exploring the possibility of TSI as a leading economic indicator for
recessions and growth cycles
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Change in
Freight TSI -2
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Data and Statistics Development (cont’d)
 Economy and Finance (cont’d)
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Transportation Satellite Accounts
▪ Estimate the contribution of both for-hire and in-house transportation
services to the national economy.
In 1997, transportation
services contributed
$368B of value-added to
the economy, with trucking
dominating.
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Data and Statistics Development (cont’d)
 Economy and Finance (cont’d)
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Government Financial Statistics
▪ Contains statistics on transportation-related revenues and expenditures
of federal, state and local governments for all modes of transportation.
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Statistics on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(ARRA)
▪ Update ARRA data continually and display in a thematic map.
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Coordinate Geospatial Data Development
 BTS represents USDOT at the Federal Geographic
Data Committee (FGDC).
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Developing a business plan for the Geospatial
Platform, and for the Transportation for the Nation
initiative.
 Developed a web-based mapping application for the
watch standers in the USDOT Crisis Management
Center.
 Developed State Facts and Figures web mapping
application, which went live early this year.
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Modernize Data Programs
 2012 Commodity Flow Survey
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For the first time, CFS respondents are able to respond to the survey
via a web survey tool and, to date, almost half of all responses have
been submitted via the web option.
 2010 National Census of Ferry Operators
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A new data query tool is developed to facilitate the access and usage
of the survey data.
 Airline Information System
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An end-to-end process is being developed to:
▪ Monitor, on the real-time basis, the quality of the data submitted by air
carriers
▪ Develop automated ways to update business rules to check data quality
▪ Flag outliners and abnormalities for more in-depth analysis
▪ Streamline data processes
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Promote and Validate Data and Method
 BTS assists/participates in
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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s pilot program, where
the ability of Mexico-based motor carriers to operate safely in the
United States beyond the municipalities and commercial zones will
be tested.
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s effort to
determine a better methodology to project highway fatalities and
the highway fatality rate.
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NHTSA’s Tire Pressure Monitoring System Program where the
benefits will be measured.
 BTS assists in the Paper Reduction Act/OMB review process for all
OMB requests originated from DOT. On average, BTS reviews 4 to
5 packages per months from various modal administrations.
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Make Statistics Accessible
 Statistical Public Data Application Program Interface
(API) to
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Help provide automated access data
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Provide data in a format that will inspire crowd-sourcing – the
development of web/mobile applications
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Partner with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Bureau of
Labor Statistics and Bureau of Census
 BTS Web Re-Engineering
 State Transportation Facts
and Figures
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Foster Knowledge Transfer
 Multi-pronged approach
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National Transportation Library (NTL)
▪ Physical
▪ Digital
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Transportation Knowledge Networks
 Public Launch of USDOT Research Hub
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A database links research project to final reports in the
NTL Digital Repository.
 Visualization of Transportation Research Trends
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A tool to uncover trends in transportation research over time.
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Partner with the University of Maryland’s Center for Advanced
Transportation Technology Laboratory (CATT LAB).
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Knowledge Transfer (cont’d)
 Multi-pronged approach
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National Transportation Library (NTL)
▪ Physical
▪ Digital
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Transportation Knowledge Networks
 Public Launch of USDOT Research Hub
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A database links research project to final reports in the
NTL Digital Repository.
 Visualization of Transportation Research Trends
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A tool to uncover trends in transportation research over time.
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Partner with the University of Maryland’s Center for Advanced
Transportation Technology Laboratory (CATT LAB).
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Other Initiatives
 The Journal of Transportation and Statistics (JT&S)
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JT&S Editorial Board convened
▪ 27 Members: 17 academia (12 in US); 4 private; 6 public
Papers received thus far for first issue: 28 (as of March 1)
Anticipate subscription base of 1,000
Planned date of first issue – Fall/Winter 2012
 American Statistical Association’s Transportation
Statistics Interest Group
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Composed of statisticians, economists, and analysts who are
interested in:
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developing and applying statistical methods to address problems in transportation,
analyzing transportation data,
collecting transportation data, and
formulating mathematical models that describe and explain underlying mechanisms or
processes in transportation.
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Other Initiatives (cont’d)
 C-SPAN’s Washington Journal for Friday: Engaging
Americans on American Statistics
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An collaborative effort of all 14 Federal Statistics Agencies
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“Nation’s Transportation Infrastructure.” Aired in December, 2011
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“Air Transportation Performances.” To be aired in April, 2012.
 International Collaborations
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North American Transportation Statistics Interchange
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International Transport Forum on research workshops
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Contribute USA transportation statistics published in various
reports/databases by the United Nations Economic Commission.
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Activities Planned to Improve
Methodologies or Update Statistics
 Re-design of the Omnibus Household Survey
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To assist other components of USDOT to acquire public feedback in
an expeditious manner.
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To expand the survey coverage to establishment populations
0.57
Government
Private Business
0.50
Total
0.40
0.00
0.01
0.01
Water
0.00
0.07
0.07
Air
0.09
Highway
0.01
0.02
0.00
0.03
0.10
0.07
0.02
0.09
0.20
0.10
0.30
0.02
 Update the 2004 study
on transportation
investment.
0.60
Percent Investment
 Reduce the lag time in
TSA development.
0.70
0.59
 Enhance TSI methodology to include the entirety of
passenger travel.
Average of 1977-2000
0.00
Transit
Railroad Pipelines
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