U.S. Transportation System Review: A 1995 Snapshot of Trends and Performance

A 31-page report summarizing the U.S. transportation system for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The publication, 'Transportation in the United States: A Review,' provides a snapshot highlighting physical characteristics and trends in passenger travel and freight movement. It examines the economic performance, safety record, and environmental impact of the system, which served 260 million people and 6 million businesses at the time.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical trends in U.S. passenger travel based on the report's summary.
• Study freight movement patterns and economic performance of the transportation system.
• Assess the safety record and environmental impact of U.S. transportation infrastructure.
• Benchmark the scale of a national transportation system serving 260 million people and 6 million businesses.

Strengths

• Report provides a consolidated summary from a four-year annual report to Congress.
• Covers multiple facets of the system: physical characteristics, passenger travel, freight, economics, safety, and environment.
• Describes the scale of the system, serving 260 million people and 6 million businesses.

Limitations

• Last updated 1995-12-31 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Collection Method

Abstracted from the BTS website; summary of the annual Transportation Statistics Annual Report (TSAR).

Time Range

Covers the four years prior to the report's 1995 publication.

Freshness

1995-12-31 23:59:59.999000

Geography

United States