The Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Priorities for the Future

by Constance F. Citro, National Research Council, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, et al.

How can the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), the nation's newest federal statistical agency, contribute to the work of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)? What is the appropriate role for such an agency as a part of a major department?

BTS was authorized in 1991 by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) in recognition of the need for more and better data for transportation officials at local, state,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030906404X
• ISBN13: 9780309064040
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 160 Pages