The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), part of the United States Department of Transportation, is a government office that compiles, analyzes, and publishes information on the nation's transportation systems across various modes; and strives to improve the DOT's statistical programs through research and the development of guidelines for data collection and analysis. BTS is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System.
Since 2009, BTS has also maintained a Twitterfeed, with regular tweets related to the release of BTS data products and news bulletins concerning transportation trends in the United States. Since 2020, BTS has also maintained a LinkedInaccount.
Offices
BTS is divided into seven offices:
Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis
Office of Data Development and Standards
Office of Transportation Analysis
Office of Spatial Analysis and Visualization
Office of Airline Information
Office of Information and Library Sciences
Office of Safety Data and Analysis
Services
Airline Information
BTS' Office of Airline Information is responsible for publishing regular reports—often monthly or quarterly—on airline performance in the United States. Topics include airline financials, origins and destinations, passenger traffic, on-time performance, and mishandled baggage.[4]
Data Catalogs
TranStats is an intermodal transportation collection of downloadable databases. One popular database included in the TranStats collection is the airline on-time performance database, which includes on-time performance of every flight, airline, and airport in the United States. Data.bts.gov is an online dataset collection allowing users to create their own visualizations from selected BTS data.
Another BTS product is the National Transportation Library (NTL), an online repository of transportation-centric research, reports, and datasets. Documents, which include products internal and external to the US Department of Transportation, can be accessed through a platform called RosaP.[6]
Other products
COVID-19 and Transportation
Border Crossing Data
Commodity Flow Survey
Freight Analysis Framework
National Census of Ferry Operators
Pocket Guide App
Port Performance Freight Statistics Program
TransBorder Freight Data
Transportation Economic Trends
Transportation Statistics Annual Reports
National Transportation Statistics
State Transportation Statistics
County Transportation Profiles
Monthly Transportation Statistics
The Week In Transportation
State and country codes
The BTS maintains its own list of codes, so-called World Area Codes (WAC), for state and country codes.
As defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, the principal agencies of the Federal Statistical System have statistical activities as their core mission and conduct much of the government’s statistical work.
