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Key transportation indicators : summary of a workshop / Committee on National Statistics, Janet L. Norwood and Jamie Casey, editors ; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics.
- Conference Name:
- Workshop on Key Transportation Indicators (2000 : Washington, D.C.)
- Series:
- Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
- Compass series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transportation--United States--Statistical services.
- Transportation.
- United States--Statistical services.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- x, 41 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "The purpose of the Worksshop on Transportation Indicators was to discuss issues relating to transportation indicators and provide the Bureau of Transportation Statistics with new ideas for issues to address."--P. 1.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1 INTRODUCTION 1
- 2 TRANSPORTATION SAFETY INDICATORS 6
- Current Measures, 6
- Additional Indicators, 11
- Criteria for Selecting Indicators, 13
- Suggested Additional Practices, 14
- 3 MOBILITY INDICATORS 16
- Definition of Mobility, 16
- Purpose, 17
- Components of Mobility and of Mobility Indicators, 17
- Possible Mobility Indicators, 19
- General Discussion, 20
- 4 TRANSPORTATION INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH 22
- Relationship Between Transportation and Economy, 22
- Current and Potential Economic Indicators, 23
- 5 GENERAL DISCUSSION 28
- APPENDIXES
- A American Time-Use Survey 34
- Diane Herz
- B Workshop Agenda and Participants 37.
- Notes:
- "The NRC's Committee on National Statistics and its Transportation Research Board, which conducted these studies, convened a workshop on June 13, 2000"--P. 1.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-309-16941-0
- 1-280-20948-8
- 9786610209484
- 0-309-50242-X
- OCLC:
- 923256162
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