The Bureau of Transportation Statistics or, BTS is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation that collects, analyzes, and publishes data on all modes of transportation, including trucking, providing crucial information on freight movement, truck traffic patterns, and economic trends within the trucking industry to policymakers and the public at large; essentially acting as the primary source of statistics related to the movement of goods across the country, including those transported by trucks.
BTS gathers data on truck volumes, origin-destination patterns, border crossings, and other important metrics related to truck transportation. They analyze this data to provide insights into trucking industry trends, economic impacts, and potential issues like capacity constraints or congestion. Finally, BTS data informs transportation policy decisions regarding infrastructure development, regulations, and funding allocation in the trucking industry.
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