UCB Libraries

Transportation

• A&I (Analysis and Information) Online from the Department of Transportation "is a web-based tool designed to provide quick and efficient access to descriptive statistics and analyses on commercial vehicle operator safety information." The site provides links to the following data sets:
• Analysis Results and Reports
• Crash Profiles Online
• NAFTA Safety Stats
• Passenger Carrier Safety
• Program Measures
• SafeStat Online
• Air Traffic Control System Command Center provides access to real-time airport status data from the FAA.
• Bureau of Transportation Statistics includes:
• Government Transportation Financial Statistics a searchable database of transportation revenues and expenditures for federal, and state and local government.
• Listing of State Departments of Transportation
• National Transportation Library an extensive full-text resource. The library includes over 5,300 full text documents and a search engine that index 110,000 documents from 14 transportation agencies.
• TranStats Intermodal Transportation Database a new website aiming at providing one stop shopping for transportation data. Provides access to more than 100 transportation-related databases.
• TRIS (Transportation Research Information Services) Online a bibliographic database covering transportation research published in books, journal articles, technical reports and other media from the 1960's to the present. Search by author, title, or subject.
• Career Voyages - Transportation provides information on high growth, in-demand occupations along with the skills and education needed to attain those job. This website is a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education.
• Census Bureau Statistical Abstract - Transportation
• Census of Transportation includes Vehicle Inventory and Use, Annual Transportation Survey, Commodity Flow surveys, and other publications and data.
• Department of Transportation (DOT) includes links to all DOT agencies. With a nice array of searchable statistical databases and online reports.
  • Online Digital Special Collections provides a digital repository of Turner and Fairbank Papers, Civil Aeronautic Manuals, Civil Aeronautics Manuals, Civil Air Regulations, Superseded Advisory Circulars, I.C.C. Historical Railroad Investigation Reports (1911-1966), National Conferences on Street and Highway Safety, Historical Aircraft Accident Reports (1934-1965), FAA and CAA Research Reports, Historic CAB/DOT Orders, and Historic FARS.
  • Online Publications from the Digital Documents Center provides electronic copies of publications from DOT agencies, including the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the Department of Transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the Maritime Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Coast Guard, the St. Lawrence Seaway, and Research and Special Programs Administration. Includes circulars, advisories, educational materials, statistical compilations, and other materials. Available in .tif or .pdf formats.
• Environmental Protection Agency provides information on the environmental impacts of transportation
  • Green Vehicle Guide
  • Office of Transportation and Air Quality
  • US EPA Fuel Economy Guide
• Federal Aviation Administration
  • Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS) system "enables users to perform integrated quires across multiple databases, search an extensive warehouse of safety data, and display pertinent elements in an array of useful formats." Some of the databases include:
  • Aviation Safety Reporting System
  • FAA Incident Data System
  • Near Midair Collisions System Database
  • NTSB Aviation Accident/Incident Database
  • NTSB Safety Recommendations to FAA with FAA Responses.
  • Federal Aviation Regulations and Policies
  • Regulation and Guidance Library provides a set of searchable databases that contain regulatory, guidance, and aviation product information.
• Federal Highway Administration provides regulations, information about its programs, an electronic reading room, press releases, and other information.
  • State Transportation Web Sites
• Federal Railway Administration provides regulations, reports, and other information, including an extensive array of information on safety, such as:
  • FRA Highway-Rail Crossing Inventory and Accident Information Page --accident information for each crossing.
  • FRA Accident/Incident and Inspections Query Page "search the accident/incident and inspection files using a variety of selection criteria and produce maps of states showing the counties where accidents/incidents occurred, summary tabulations of data, or review individual reports of incidents."
• GPO Access Resources by Topic: Transportation includes publications, regulations, legislation, and other federal transportation resources.
• House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
• Intelligent Transportation Systems promotes "intelligent vehicles, intelligent infrastructure and the creation of an intelligent transportation system through integration with and between these two components."
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration "NHTSA is responsible for reducing deaths, injuries and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes. This is accomplished by setting and enforcing safety performance standards for motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment, and through grants to state and local governments to enable them to conduct effective local highway safety programs." The agency provides a crash test database, information on highway safety-related issues such as airbags, car seats, vehicle recalls, and other information, including:
  • Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) provides online access to data on Fatal Crashes by Roadway Function Class and Atmospheric Condition; Vehicles Involved by Rollover Occurrence; Driver Reports, and Fatality Reports. The Driver and Fatality Reports include a wide variety of data on blood alcohol content (BAC), motor vehicle violations, use of restraints (seat belt), vehicle type (such as large truck, emergency vehicles, etc.), time of day, pedestrian fatalities, fatalities in the beds of pickups, train collisions, urban and rural roads, and other factors.
• National Transportation Safety Board "The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent Federal agency charged by Congress with investigating every civil aviation accident in the United States and significant accidents in the other modes of transportation -- railroad, highway, marine and pipeline -- and issuing safety recommendations aimed at preventing future accidents."
  • Aviation Accident Statistics from NTSB.
  • Aviation Accident Synopses A searchable database which includes reports from 1983- present. Reports for the period 1934-1965 are available from the Online Digital Special Collections
  • The Publications Menu provides Bibliographic information for Aviation, Highway, Marine, Pipeline/Hazardous Materials, and Railroad accident reports and studies released through National Technical Information Service (NTIS). These reports are available on microfiche in the CU Government Publications Library. Railroad Accident reports for the period 1911-1966 are available from the Online Digital Special Collections.
• Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
• Transportation Security Administration (TSA) formed after Sept. 11, the TSA is a component of the Department of Homeland Security and is responsible for security of the nation's transportation systems (highways, railroads, buses, mass transit systems, ports, and U.S. airports).
  • Electronic Reading Room

• ITRD (International Transport Research documentation)
• North American Transportation Statistics Database "presents information on transportation and transportation-related activities among Canada, the United States and Mexico, both within individual countries and between the countries.  This database, presented in French, English, and Spanish is, accessible in table and time series formats, and covers twelve thematic areas, including transportation and the economy, transportation safety, transportation’s impact on energy and the environment, passenger and freight activity, and transportation and trade."
• SourceOECD CU find reports and statistics on transport, transportation, and infrastructure of 30 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
• United Nations Common Database Transport statistics
• World Bank Transport works to monitor and improve transport policy in member countries.

• Landings.com a commercial service with extensive information and databases on FAA regulations, directives, registered aircraft, pilots, airports, and other information.
• Transportation Research Board of the National Academies
  • Research In Progress (RiP) Database contains over 10,000 current or recently completed transportation research projects funded by Federal and State Departments of Transportation.
• Urban Motility Study "provides data on the performance of some elements of the transportation system in 68 urban areas through research performed in cooperation" with state transportation agencies.

• The Library Catalog, Chinook
  There are numerous secondary, federal, and international sources of information on trade available in the collection.
  
  Try these searches to see some of the resources in Chinook , the library catalog:

  Electronic Resources	Print and Electronic Resources
  transport* and histor*	transport* and histor*
  transport* and politic*	transport* and politic*
  transport* and econom*	transport* and econom*
  transport* (government publications only)	transport* (government publications only)

  
  The * replaces up to five characters in a word.

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