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Transportation

• Analysis and Information (A&I) Online
  Department of Transportation's "web-based tool designed to provide quick and efficient access to descriptive statistics and analyses on commercial vehicle operator safety information." The site provides links to the following data sets:
• Analysis Results and Reports
• Crash Statistics
• NAFTA Safety Stats
• Passenger Carrier Safety
• SafeStat Online
• Safety Programs
• Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Government Transportation Financial Statistics
  A searchable database of transportation revenues and expenditures for federal, and state and local government.
• National Transportation Library
  Includes over 5,300 full-text documents and a search engine that indexes 110,000 documents from 14 transportation agencies.
• State Departments of Transportation
  Lists links to web sites of departments of transportation for all states, in alphabetical order.
• TranStats Intermodal Transportation Database
  Provides one-stop shopping for transportation data with access to more than 100 transportation-related databases.
• TRIS (Transportation Research Information Services) Online
  A bibliographic database covering transportation research published in books, journal articles, technical reports and other media from the 1960s to the present. Search by author, title, or subject.
• Census Bureau
• Annual and Quarterly Services: Truck Transportation, Messenger Services, and Warehousing
• Statistical Abstract - Transportation
• Colorado Department of Transportation
  • Corridor Studies
    These are studies of corridors in Colorado. You can find both management plans and environmental assessments here.
  • COTrip
    This is a web site with traveler information for Colorado.
  • Statistics and Data
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  
  • Protect the Environment: On the Road
    Provides information on the environmental impacts of transportation
  • Green Vehicle Guide
  • Office of Transportation and Air Quality
  • Fuel Economy Guide
• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
  • Air Traffic Control System Command Center
    Provides access to real-time airport status data from the FAA.
  • Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS) system
    Searches for safety data across multiple databases, including Aviation Safety Reporting System, FAA Incident Data System, Near Midair Collisions System Database, NTSB Aviation Accident/Incident Database, and NTSB Safety Recommendations to FAA with FAA Responses.
  • Regulations and Policies
  • Regulation and Guidance Library
    Provides a set of searchable databases that contain regulatory, guidance, and aviation product information.
• Federal Highway Administration
  Provides regulations, information about its programs, an electronic reading room, press releases, and other information.


• Federal Railroad Administration
  Provides regulations, reports, and other information.
  • Office of Safety Analysis
    Contains railroad safety information including accidents and incidents, inspections, and highway rail-crossing data. Run dynamic queries, download publications and forms, and see current statistics.
• House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee


• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
  NHTSA directs highway safety programs. The web site provides a crash test database, information on highway safety-related issues such as airbags, car seats, vehicle recalls, and other information, including:
  • Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
    Provides online access to data on Fatal Crashes by Roadway Function Class and Atmospheric Condition; Vehicles Involved by Rollover Occurrence; Driver Reports, and Fatality Reports. The Driver and Fatality Reports include a wide variety of data on blood alcohol content (BAC), motor vehicle violations, use of restraints (seat belt), vehicle type (such as large truck, emergency vehicles, etc.), time of day, pedestrian fatalities, fatalities in the beds of pickups, train collisions, urban and rural roads, and other factors.
• National Transportation Safety Board
  "The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent Federal agency charged by Congress with investigating every civil aviation accident in the United States and significant accidents in the other modes of transportation -- railroad, highway, marine and pipeline -- and issuing safety recommendations aimed at preventing future accidents."
  • Aviation Accident Database & Synopses
    A searchable database including reports from 1983- present. Reports for the period 1934-1965 are available from theOnline Digital Special Collections
  • Accident Reports
  • Data and Statistics
  • Annual Review of Airline Accident Data
• Research & Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) Intelligent Transportation Systems
  Promotes "intelligent vehicles, intelligent infrastructure and the creation of an intelligent transportation system through integration with and between these two components."


• Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation


• Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
  Formed after Sept. 11, the TSA is a component of the Department of Homeland Security and is responsible for security of the nation's transportation systems (highways, railroads, buses, mass transit systems, ports, and U.S. airports). Web site features include theElectronic Reading Room


• U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
  Includes links to all DOT agencies. Features a nice array of searchablestatistical databases and online reports.
  • Online Digital Special Collections
    Provides a digital repository of Turner and Fairbank Papers, Civil Aeronautic Manuals, Civil Aeronautics Manuals, Civil Air Regulations, Superseded Advisory Circulars, I.C.C. Historical Railroad Investigation Reports (1911-1966), National Conferences on Street and Highway Safety, Historical Aircraft Accident Reports (1934-1965), FAA and CAA Research Reports, Historic CAB/DOT Orders, and Historic FARS.
  • Online Publications from the Digital Documents Center
    Provides electronic copies of publications from DOT agencies. Includes circulars, advisories, educational materials, statistical compilations, and other materials.

• North American Transportation Statistics Database
  This database "presents information on transportation and transportation-related activities among Canada, the United States and Mexico, both within individual countries and between the countries.  This database, presented inFrench,English, andSpanish is, accessible in table and time series formats, and covers twelve thematic areas, including transportation and the economy, transportation safety, transportation’s impact on energy and the environment, passenger and freight activity, and transportation and trade."


• Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
• ITRD (International Transport Research documentation)
• OECDiLibrary
  Find reports and statistics on transportation and infrastructure of 30 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
• World Bank Transport
  The World Banks aims to monitor and improve transport policy in member countries.

• Transportation Research Board of the National Academies
  • Research In Progress (RiP) Database
    Contains over 10,000 current or recently completed transportation research projects funded by Federal and State Departments of Transportation.
• Urban Mobility Study (Texas Transportation Institute)
  The study "provides data on the performance of some elements of the transportation system in 68 urban areas through research performed in cooperation" with state transportation agencies.

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