• The Changing Tide of U.S.-International Container Trade: Differences Among the U.S. Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts [Special Report] [PDF - 3.75 MB] Published Date: 2011-12-01 Series: BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs Abstract: This BTS special report examines historical U.S. maritime trends, changes in U.S. trading partners, and current U.S. marine trade patterns. More speci... File Type: [PDF - 3.75 MB] File Type: [PDF - 3.75 MB] Making Sense of Passenger Vessel Data [PDF - 1.61 MB] Published Date: 2011-07-01 Series: BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs Abstract: The absence of legal definitions to describe waterborne passenger vessels, such as cruise ships and ferries, may pose a challenge for researchers atte... File Type: [PDF - 1.61 MB] File Type: [PDF - 1.61 MB] Trends in Personal Income and Passenger Vehicle Miles [PDF - 111.52 KB] Published Date: 2007-10-01 Series: BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs Abstract: While it is difficult to predict how individuals will use increases in their real income in the future, it is clear that historically some of that inc... File Type: [PDF - 111.52 KB] File Type: [PDF - 111.52 KB] Opinions on Cell Phone Use on Airplanes, Congestion, and Telecommuting – From the 2006 and 2007 Omnibus Household Survey [PDF - 89.27 KB] Published Date: 2008-07-01 Series: BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs Abstract: The annual Omnibus Household Survey (OHS), administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), asks res... File Type: [PDF - 89.27 KB] File Type: [PDF - 89.27 KB] Sitting on the Runway: Current Aircraft Taxi Times Now Exceed Pre-9/11 Experience [PDF - 354.25 KB] Published Date: 2008-05-01 Series: BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs Abstract: Several high profile incidents have focused attention on "tarmac delays" that resulted in air travelers spending long periods of time aboard aircraft ... File Type: [PDF - 354.25 KB] File Type: [PDF - 354.25 KB] Data-Driven Risk Models Could Help Target Pipeline Safety Inspections [PDF - 518.65 KB] Published Date: 2008-07-01 Series: BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs Abstract: Federal safety agencies share a common problem—the need to target resources effectively to reduce risk. One way this targeting is commonly done is w... File Type: [PDF - 518.65 KB] File Type: [PDF - 518.65 KB] Making Connections: Intermodal Links Available at 70 Percent of All Stations Served by Commuter Rail, 2010 [PDF - 2.73 MB] Published Date: 2011-01-01 Series: BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs Abstract: Intermodal connections with other scheduled public transportation modes are available at 70 percent of all stations served by commuter rail trains. Co... File Type: [PDF - 2.73 MB] File Type: [PDF - 2.73 MB] Making Connections: Intermodal Links between Scheduled Passenger Ferries and Other Public Transportation Modes [PDF - 183.98 KB] Published Date: 2009-02-01 Series: BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs Abstract: Just over 40 percent of U.S. passenger ferry terminals offer connections to other scheduled public transportation modes. That makes ferries less conne... File Type: [PDF - 183.98 KB] File Type: [PDF - 183.98 KB] Making Connections: Intermodal Links in the Public Transportation System [PDF - 106.25 KB] Published Date: 2007-09-01 Series: BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs Abstract: Since at least 1991, federal transportation policy has sought to encourage intermodal connections – the links that allow passengers to switch from o... File Type: [PDF - 106.25 KB] File Type: [PDF - 106.25 KB] The Transportation Services Index Shows Monthly Change in Freight and Passenger Transportation Service [PDF - 321.16 KB] Published Date: 2007-09-01 Series: BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs Abstract: The TSI provides a monthly measure of freight and passenger service. Statistical and economic techniques are used to present the output of the differe... File Type: [PDF - 321.16 KB] File Type: [PDF - 321.16 KB] U.S.-China Trade Growth and America's Transportation System [PDF - 538.38 KB] Published Date: 2008-04-01 Series: BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs Abstract: The growth in U.S.- China trade over the last two decades has impacted the U.S. transportation system by increasing traffic at air cargo hubs and seap... File Type: [PDF - 538.38 KB] File Type: [PDF - 538.38 KB] Increased Trade Spurs Growth in North American Freight Transportation [PDF - 486.62 KB] Published Date: 2007-05-01 Series: BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs Abstract: Freight Transportation between the United States and our North American Free Trade Agreement partners – Canada and Mexico – continues to grow at a... File Type: [PDF - 486.62 KB] File Type: [PDF - 486.62 KB] Highlights of the 2008 National Census of Ferry Operators [PDF - 605.15 KB] Published Date: 2010-12-01 Series: National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO) Abstract: In 2007, 190 ferry operators across the Nation provided service to an estimated 106 million passengers through nearly 500 terminals in 37 States and 3... File Type: [PDF - 605.15 KB] File Type: [PDF - 605.15 KB] Highlights of the 2006 National Census of Ferry Operators [PDF - 1.15 MB] Published Date: 2008-08-01 Series: National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO) Abstract: At the request of Congress, in 2006 the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovati... File Type: [PDF - 1.15 MB] File Type: [PDF - 1.15 MB] U.S. Freight on the Move: Highlights from the 2007 Commodity Flow Survey Preliminary Data [PDF - 133.86 KB] Published Date: 2009-09-01 Series: BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs Abstract: More than 13 billion tons of freight, valued at $11.8 trillion, were transported nearly 3.5 trillion ton-miles in the United States during 2007, accor... File Type: [PDF - 133.86 KB] File Type: [PDF - 133.86 KB] International Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea: Hindering Maritime Trade and Water Transportation around the World [PDF - 466.06 KB] Published Date: 2010-04-01 Series: BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs Abstract: Pirates prey upon targets of opportunity. Given optimal conditions (e.g., calm weather, slow cruising speed, and daylight4) relatively small, fast ves... File Type: [PDF - 466.06 KB] File Type: [PDF - 466.06 KB] A Decade of Growth in Domestic Freight: Rail and Truck Ton-Miles Continue to Rise [PDF - 206.45 KB] Published Date: 2007-07-01 Abstract: Domestic freight traffic carried by air, truck, rail, water, and pipeline totaled more than 4.5 trillion ton-miles in 2005—an increase of more than ... File Type: [PDF - 206.45 KB] File Type: [PDF - 206.45 KB] North American Trade Growth Continued in 2007 [PDF - 515.57 KB] Published Date: 2009-02-01 Series: BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs Abstract: Trade between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners—Canada and Mexico—has more than doubled in dollar val... File Type: [PDF - 515.57 KB] File Type: [PDF - 515.57 KB] Maritime Vessels Carry More than Half of Growing U.S.-East Africa Trade [PDF - 216.87 KB] Published Date: 2009-03-01 Series: BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs Abstract: Trade between the United States and East African countries (defined in this special report as Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda) has grown ... File Type: [PDF - 216.87 KB] File Type: [PDF - 216.87 KB] Highway Bridges in the United States–an Overview [PDF - 269.30 KB] Published Date: 2007-09-01 Series: BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs Abstract: Bridges are an integral part of the U.S. highway network, providing links across natural barriers, passage over railroads and highways, and freeway co... File Type: [PDF - 269.30 KB] File Type: [PDF - 269.30 KB]

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