MTC ABAG Library

Transportation

Research

TRID

TRID provides access to over 94,000 records of transportation research worldwide.

Practice Ready Papers

Practice-ready papers are defined as those in which the research results presented and discussed make a contribution to the solution of current or future problems or issues for practitioners. Information presented in these papers is ready for immediate implementation or requires minimal additional research or implementation effort.

Statistics

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) was established for data collection, analysis, and reporting and to ensure the most cost-effective use of transportation-monitoring resources.

Highway Statistics

The Highway Statistics Series consists of annual reports containing analyzed statistical data on motor fuel; motor vehicles; driver licensing; highway-user taxation; State and local government highway finance; highway mileage, and Federal aid for highways.

National Transportation Statistics

National Transportation Statistics presents information on the U.S. transportation system, including its physical components, safety record, economic performance, energy use, and environmental impacts.

Nationwide Household Travel Survey

This survey is an ongoing Federal Highway Administration effort to collect information on travel in the United States by households. Information collected in the NPTS contain a wealth of information on daily household trip-making by all modes, for all purposes and all trip lengths. The Surveys also links characteristics of the households, person and vehicles to household travel.

Caltrans Traffic Data Branch

The Traffic Data Branch is responsible for the collection and dissemination of traffic counts on the Californita State Highway System.

Transportation Energy Data Book Unit

The Data Book draws together, under one cover, transportation data from diverse sources, and is produced by the U.S. Department of Energy.

General Resources

Bureau of Transportation Statistics : External Links

The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics offers links to web pages dealing with transportation topics. Links are to airports, airlines, bus lines, ports, shipping lines, transit agencies, regional planning agencies, state transportation agencies, U.S. federal government agencies, international organizations, and research organizations.

Online TDM Encyclopedia

Transportation Demand Management (TDM, also called Mobility Management) is a general term for strategies that result in more efficient use of transportation resources. This Encyclopedia is a comprehensive source of information about innovative management solutions to transportation problems.

State Transportation Web Sites

Maintained by the Federal Highway Administration, this site provides access to the Web sites of all the transport and highway departments in the US.