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The Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Priorities for the Future
1997
Table of Contents
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Panel on Statistical Programs And Practices of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Committee on National Statistics 1996-1997
Transportation Research Board Executive Committee 1996-1997
Acknowledgments
Executive Summary
The Need for Improved Transportation Statistics
Assessing BTS
Reauthorization
Focusing on Quality
Ensuring Relevance
Building an Agency
1 Introduction
Methods of Study
The Report
A Note on Reauthorization Legislation
2 History and Assessment of BTS
Transportation Data Programs in Historical Perspective
Assessing BTS
Recommendation
3 Focusion on Data Quality
Dimensions of Quality
Staffing
Quality Standards
Documenting Data Quality
Data Evaluation and Improvement
Recommendations
4 Ensuring Relevance
Dimensions of Relevance
A Vision of a Comprehensive Transportation Data System
A BTS Implementation Plan
Ensuring Relevance: Transportation Indicators
Coordination of Data Collection and Filling Gaps
Identifying User Needs
Analysis Programs
Recommendations
5 Building an Agency
Ensuring Independence
Building Trust
Attaining Leadership
Recommendations
Acronyms Used in the Report
References
Appendices
A The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991: References to The Bureau of Transportation Statistics
B Selected Statistical Agencies and Programs
C Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency: How BTS Compares
D Improving National Transportation Statistics: Airline Safety as a Case Study
E Descriptions of CD-ROM Products on the BTS Web Site
F Integrating Data and Filling Gaps: The Case of Household Travel
G Biographical Sketches
