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E DESCRIPTIONS OF CD-ROM PRODUCTS ON THE BTS WEB SITE
Pages 131-137

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From page 131...
... A useful format may be one that organizes the specific items of information that are provided for each entry in the BTS Directory of Transportation Data Sources (see Chapter 3) under the general headings that are used in the web site descriptions of many of the data sets: What is it?
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From page 132...
... Raw data may also be accessed directly by users with their own data manipulation software. PRODUCT FORMAT: 1990 Census Transportation Planning Package is available on a set of 12 CD-ROMs for the entire United States from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
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From page 133...
... Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) , 1993 The description of the CFS that was on the BTS web site until late March 1997 followed the same format as the entries in the Directory of Transportation Data Sources (see Chapter 3~.
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From page 134...
... . Demographic characteristics of persons and households include such topics as relationship of household members, educational levels through graduate or professional school, income categories, etc.; Household vehicle availability and use; Annual miles per licensed driver; Household travel rates; Day-of-week and time-of-day travel; Vehicle occupancy; and ~ Home-to-work trips.
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From page 135...
... This description is no longer linked to the "Products" section of the BTS web site; however, it appears when one follows the pathway through the National Transportation Data Archive section of the site to the entry for the Fatal Accident Reporting System Database, which contains a link to the CD-ROM descnption. ; a : , ~0 : Traffic Safety Data CD-ROM Traffic Safety Data CD-ROM contains the Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS)
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From page 136...
... What's in it? The Transborder Surface Freight dataset provides previously unpublished surface transportation data (other than air or maritime vessel)
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From page 137...
... The description of content is brief for example, the user is not informed as to whether the data pertain to value, tonnage of shipments, or some other metric. "Product format" is listed, not as a CD-ROM, but as data that are directly accessible on the BTS web site.
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