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{{Short description|US Department of Transportation unit}}
{{Short description|US Department of Transportation unit}}
{{Infobox government agency
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|agency_name    = Bureau of Transportation Statistics
| agency_name    = Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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| logo            = Seal of the United States Department of Transportation.svg
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|jurisdiction    = [[Federal government of the United States]]
| jurisdiction    = [[Federal government of the United States]]
|formed = {{start date and age|1992}}
| formed         = {{start date and age|1992}}
|headquarters    = [[Washington, DC]]
| headquarters    = [[Washington, DC]]
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|employees      = 70-75
| 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>
| 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_name    = [[Patricia S. Hu]]
|chief1_position = Director
| chief1_position = Director
|chief2_name    = Rolf R. Schmitt, Ph.D.
| chief2_name    = Rolf R. Schmitt, Ph.D.
|chief2_position = Deputy Director
| chief2_position = Deputy Director
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|parent_agency  = [[United States Department of Transportation]]
| parent_agency  = [[United States Department of Transportation]]
|website        = {{url|https://www.bts.gov/|Bureau of Transportation Statistics}}
| website        = {{official url}}
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=== Data Catalogs ===
=== Data Catalogs ===
[[File:US railway map.webp|250px|thumb|right|Map made with [[QGIS]] from BTS data.<ref>https://geodata.bts.gov/search?q=Rail</ref> [[Class 1 railroad]]s with [[Intermodal freight transport#Railways and intermodal terminals|intermodal terminals]] and [[Maritime transport|maritime]] [[Roll-on/roll-off|RoRo]] ports.]]
[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.
[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.


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