Commodity Flow Survey Data Users Workshop, November 2010: User Recommendations and Responses from the U.S. DOT and Census Bureau

On November 16, 2010, The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) sponsored a Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) Data Users Workshop at the Transportation Research Board's Keck Center in Washington, D.C. Approximately 125 data users and stakeholders attended this conference and actively participated in workshops and discussions aimed at improving the next cycle of the survey in 2012.The workshop consisted of three panels: 1. Content and Uses; 2. Scope, Classification, and Geography; and, 3. Product Tools and Functionality. During the workshop, data users suggested ideas for improving the CFS and related data products. Suggestions from the three panels, along with BTS responses and actions to date, are summarized in the document.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1523048
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57327
• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Transportation Statistics
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2013-5-23

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 7p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commodity flow; Data collection; Statistics; Workshops
• Identifier Terms: Commodity Flow Survey
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01784672
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 13 2021 3:58PM