Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Appendix 1: Data Sources and Availability

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Publication/database Source Website Tables Update available (approx.)
Air Carrier Activity Information System (ACAIS) U.S. DOT, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Airports http://www.faa.gov/arp/ 1-11, 1-12, 3-9 4th quarter 2007
Air Traffic Statistics U.S. DOT, RITA, Bureau of Transportation Statistics http://www.bts.gov 3-8, 4-6, 4-7 3rd quarter 2007
Boating Statistics U.S. Coast Guard http://www.uscgboating.org 2-17, 2-18, 5-6 4th quarter 2007
Border Crossing Data U.S. DOT, RITA, Bureau of Transportation Statistics http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/border_ crossing_entry_data/ 3-12, 3-13, 3-14, 3-15, 3-16, 3-17, 3-18, 3-19, 3-20, 3-21, 3-22, 3-23, 4-9, 4-10, 4-11, 4-12, 4-13, 4-14, 4-15, 4-16, 4-17, 4-18, 4-19, 4-20 2nd quarter 2007
American Community Survey U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov 4-1 2010
Commodity Flow Survey U.S. DOT, RITA, Bureau of Transportation Statistics http://www.bts.gov/cfs/ 3-1, 3-2, 3-3 06/1905
County Business Patterns U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6 2nd quarter 2007
General Aviation and Air Taxi Activity Survey U.S. DOT, Federal Aviation Administration http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/aviation_data_statistics/general_aviation 5-7 3rd quarter 2007
Government Transportation Financial Statistics U.S. DOT, RITA, Bureau of Transportation Statistics http://www.bts.gov 6-8, 6-9 4th quarter 2007
Hazmat Summary by State U.S. DOT, PHMSA, Office of Hazardous Material Safety http://hazmat.dot.gov/ 2-19, 2-20 1st quarter 2007
Highway Statistics U.S. DOT, Federal Highway Administration http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/index.htm 1-1,1-2,1-4, 4-2, 5-1, 5-2, 53, 5-4, 6-12, 7-4 4th quarter 2007
Maximum Posted Speed Limits for Passenger Vehicles Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Highway Loss Data Institute http://www.hwysafety.org/laws/state _laws/speed_limit_laws.html 2-9 3rd quarter 2007
Motorcycle and Bicycle Helmet Laws Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Highway Loss Data Institute http://www.hwysafety.org/laws/state _laws/helmet_current.html 2-5 3rd quarter 2007
National Bridge Inventory: Deficient Bridges by State and Highway System U.S. DOT, Federal Highway Administration http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/britab.htm 1-5, 1-6, 1-7 1st quarter 2007
National Transit Database U.S. DOT, Federal Transit Administration http://www.ntdprogram.com 1-8, 2-16, 4-3, 4-4 1st quarter 2007
Overseas Visitors to Selected U.S. States and Territories and Overseas Visitors to Select U.S. Cities/Hawaiian Islands U.S. Dept. of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Travel & Tourism Industries http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/ 4-21, 4-22 1st quarter 2007
Petroleum Marketing Annual U.S. DOE, Energy Information Agency http://www.eia.doe.gov 6-11 3rd quarter 2007
Pipeline Statistics U.S. DOT, PHMSA, Office of Pipeline Safety http://ops.dot.gov 2-21, 2-22, 2-23 1st quarter 2007
Maritime Statistics U.S. DOT, MARAD, Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis http://www.marad.dot.gov/Marad_Statistics/index.html 3-6, 3-7, 3-24 1st quarter 2007
Public Transportation Fact Book American Public Transportation Association http://www.apta.com/research/stats/factbook/index.cfm 1-9 1st quarter 2007
Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report U.S. DOT, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Railway Safety http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety 2-10, 2-11, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15 4th quarter 2007
Railroads and States Association of American Railroads http://www.aar.org/AboutTheIndustry/StateInformation.asp 1-13, 1-14, 3-4, 6-7 1st quarter 2007
Safety Belt Use U.S. DOT, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd30/NCSA/RNotes/2004/809813.pdf 2-6 4th quarter 2007
State Energy Consumption Data U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/states/_seds.html 7-1, 7-2, 7-3 2nd quarter 2007
Toll Facilities in the United States: Bridges-Roads-Tunnels-Ferries U.S. DOT, Federal Highway Administration http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/tollpage.htm 1-3 3rd quarter 2007
Traffic Safety Facts U.S. DOT, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd30/ncsa/ 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-7, 2-8 4th quarter 2007
Transborder Surface Freight Data U.S. DOT, RITA, Bureau of Transportation Statistics http://www.bts.gov/transborder/reports.html 3-10, 3-11, 3-24 1st quarter 2007
Urban Mobility Study Texas Transportation Institute http://mobility.tamu.edu/ 5-5 3rd quarter 2007
U.S. Civil Airmen Statistics U.S. DOT, Federal Aviation Administration http://api.hq.faa.gov/pubs.asp 5-8 3rd quarter 2007
Waterborne Commerce in the United States U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Navigation Data Center http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc.htm 1-15, 1-16, 3-5 1st quarter 2007

KEY: PHMSA = Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; MARAD = Maritime Administration; RITA = Research and Innovative Technology Administration; U.S. DOE = U.S. Department of Energy; U.S. DOT = U.S. Department of Transportation.