U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) legislative mandate requires annual submission of this Transportation Statistics Annual Report to the President and Congress. The report is to include information on the 13 topics covered in Chapter 2 of this report, documentation of methods used to obtain and ensure the quality of information presented in the report, and recommendations for improving transportation statistical information. The last two items are the subject of this chapter.
