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The Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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Table of Contents | File Formats |
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Entire Report | PDF (1.06MB) |
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 |