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{{Organization
|OrganizationName=Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
|OrganizationType=Independent Agencies
|Mission=BTS provides timely, accurate, credible information on the U.S. transportation system, the movement of people and goods, and the consequences of transportation for the economy, society, and the environment. It supports decision-making by offering comprehensive, multimodal transportation data.
|ParentOrganization=United States Department of Transportation
|CreationLegislation=Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
|Employees=100
|OrganizationExecutive=Director
|Services=Data collection; Statistical analysis; Research; Transportation data dissemination
|HeadquartersLocation=38.87991, -77.00538
|HeadquartersAddress=1200 New Jersey Ave, SE, Washington, DC 20590
|Website=https://www.bts.gov
}}
{{Short description|US Department of Transportation unit}}

{{Infobox government agency
|agency_name     = Bureau of Transportation Statistics
|logo            = Seal of the United States Department of Transportation.svg
|logo_width      = 150
|preceding1      =
|jurisdiction    = [[Federal government of the United States]]
|formed = {{start date and age|1992}}
|headquarters    = [[Washington, DC]]
|coordinates     = 
|employees       = 70-75
|budget          = $27 million/year in 2010<ref name="Amstat News">{{cite journal |title=Meet Bureau of Transportation Statistics Director Patricia Hu |journal=AmstatNews|date=1 July 2011 |url=https://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2011/07/01/hu-july11/ |access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref>
|chief1_name     = [[Patricia S. Hu]]
|chief1_position = Director
|chief2_name     = Rolf R. Schmitt, Ph.D.
|chief2_position = Deputy Director
|chief3_name     =
|chief3_position =
|child1_agency   =
|parent_agency   = [[United States Department of Transportation]]
|website         = {{url|https://www.bts.gov/|Bureau of Transportation Statistics}}
|footnotes       =
}}

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 [[transport]]ation systems across various [[Mode of transport|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 [[Federal Statistical System of the United States|U.S. Federal Statistical System]].

==History==
BTS was created in 1992 under the [[Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act]].<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=https://www.bts.gov/learn-about-bts-and-our-work|title=About BTS|work=Bureau of Transportation Statistics|publisher=[[United States Department of Transportation|Department of Transportation]]|access-date=January 10, 2019}}</ref> 

On February 20, 2005, BTS became part of the [[Research and Innovative Technology Administration]] (RITA).<ref name="about"/> Through the [[Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act|Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act]] passed on December 4, 2015, BTS and RITA moved to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Research and Technology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bts.gov/learn-about-bts-and-our-work/history-bts|title=History of BTS|website=Bureau of Transportation Statistics|access-date=January 10, 2019}}</ref>

Since 2009, BTS has also maintained a [[Twitter]] [https://twitter.com/TransportStats feed], 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 [[LinkedIn]] [https://www.linkedin.com/company/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-bts/ account].

== 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bts.gov/topics/airlines-and-airports/airline-information-download|title=Airline Information for Download|website=Bureau of Transportation Statistics|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref>

=== Data Catalogs ===
[http://www.transtats.bts.gov TranStats] is an intermodal transportation collection of downloadable databases.  One popular database included in the TranStats collection is the [http://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?DB_ID=120&DB_Name=Airline%20On-Time%20Performance%20Data&DB_Short_Name=On-Time airline on-time performance database], which includes on-time performance of every flight, airline, and airport in the United States. [https://data.bts.gov Data.bts.gov] is an online dataset collection allowing users to create their own visualizations from selected BTS data.

=== National Transportation Atlas Database ===
BTS maintains the [https://data-usdot.opendata.arcgis.com/ National Transportation Atlas Database] (NTAD), an open online repository of national-level [[geographic information system]]s data and applications related to transportation in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://osav-usdot.opendata.arcgis.com/|title=NTAD|website=Bureau of Transportation Statistics|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref>

===National Transportation Library===
{{main|National Transportation Library}}
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 [https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov RosaP].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ntl.bts.gov/|title=NTL|website=National Transportation Library|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref>

==Other products==
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*Border Crossing Data
*Commodity Flow Survey
*Freight Analysis Framework
*National Census of Ferry Operators{{col-break}}
*Pocket Guide App
*[[Port Performance Freight Statistics Program]]
*TransBorder Freight Data
*Transportation Economic Trends
*Transportation Statistics Annual Reports
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*National Transportation Statistics
*State Transportation Statistics
*County Transportation Profiles
*Monthly Transportation Statistics
*The Week In Transportation{{Col-end}}

=== State and country codes ===
The BTS maintains its own list of codes, so-called [[World Area Codes|World Area Codes (WAC)]], for state and country codes.

== References ==
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==External links==
{{Portal|United States|Politics|Transportation}}
*[http://www.bts.gov Official site]
*[http://ntl.bts.gov/ National Transportation Library]
*[https://data.bts.gov data.bts.gov]
*[https://transtats.bts.gov transtats.bts.gov]

{{DOT agencies}}
{{US Statistical Agencies}}



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