Making Trucks Count: Innovative Strategies for Obtaining Comprehensive Truck Activity Data (2014) / Chapter Skim
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58 A P P E N D I X A A.1 Freight Facts and Figures A.1.1 Overview Freight Facts and Figures is an annual snapshot of the volume and value of freight flows in the United States, the physical network over which freight moves, the economic conditions that generate freight movements, the industry that carries freight, and the safety, energy, and environmental implications of freight transportation. This snapshot helps decisionmakers, planners, and the public understand the magnitude and importance of freight transportation in the economy.
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59 A.2 National Transportation Statistics A.2.1 Overview The U.S. Department of Transportation's BTS is charged with developing transportation data and the information that will help to advance policy decisionmaking about transportation systems.
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60 A.2.5 Time Series Between 1960 and 1990 new editions to NTS were added annually. Starting in 1991 the rate was increased to a 1-year release cycle with updates to much of the transportation data available on a quarterly basis through the BTS website.
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61 and Vehicle Travel by Age (1970 and 2001) ; and Heavy Truck Scrappage and Survival Rates.
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62 • Average load by operation range and equipment type; and • Other: revenue; equipment utilization; traffic; and employee turnover and workforce changes. A.4.3 Sources Each month, ATA sends surveys out to for-hire motor carriers asking them for the data published in TRAC.
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63 3. Intermodal transportation database, 4.
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64 References U.S. Department of Transportation.
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