The Bureau of Transportation Statistics - Priorities for the Future

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, and federal levels. While the USDOT has many long-standing data collection programs for particular transportation modes (highways, rail, air, etc.), it has never had a statistical agency with a mandate to improve the quality and relevance of transportation data for important system-wide, cross-modal analyses of the nation's transportation system.
This book examines how BTS can provide statistical leadership for USDOT, define and maintain quality standards for transportation data, and improve data documentation. It considers BTS's role in developing national transportation indicators, coordinating data collection throughout USDOT, filling gaps, identifying user needs, and developing analysis programs for transportation data.
Anyone concerned with having high-quality, relevant transportation indicators and other data available for policy planning, evaluation, and research will be interested in this book, as will students of effective government.

Riassunto

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) was authorized in 1991 by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA). This book examines how BTS can provide statistical leadership for US Department of Transportation (USDOT), define and maintain quality standards for transportation data, and improve data documentation.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Commission on Behavioral and Social Scie, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division Of Behavioral And Social Scienc, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Academy Of Sciences, National Research Council, Panel on Statistical Programs and Practices of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Con la collaborazione di: Constance F Citro (Editore), Constance F. Citro (Editore), Janet L Norwood (Editore), Janet L. Norwood (Editore)
• Editore: National Academies Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.09.1997
• EAN: 9780309064040
• ISBN: 978-0-309-06404-0
• Pagine: 160
• Serie: SERIES; Series
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Singoli rami economici, branche