Data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) used in the Transportation Economic Trends (TET) interactive charts. The dataset highlights transportation's role in the economy and explores changes over time through metrics and measures. It was last updated on March 26, 2026, by data.bts.gov.
Use Cases
- Analyzing economic trends over time using the `Year`, `date`, and `Value` columns (from 11 available columns).
- Comparing different transportation-related metrics by filtering or grouping on the `Metric` and `Measure` columns (from 11 available columns).
- Tracing data sources and methodology for specific metrics using the `Source`, `Table`, and `Notes` columns (from 11 available columns).
- Creating time-series visualizations of transportation's economic impact using the `Year`, `MetricNum`, `MeasureNum`, and `Value` columns (from 11 available columns).
Strengths
- Data is curated by the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), an authoritative source.
- Includes structured metadata columns like `Source`, `Table`, and `Notes` for traceability.
- Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.
Limitations
- Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) via data.bts.gov.
- Collection Method
- Aggregated and published for the Transportation Economic Trends (TET) interactive story.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-26 16:54:52; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Likely focuses on the United States, given the source is a U.S. federal bureau.