The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), part of the USDOT, is the preeminent source of statistics on commercial aviation, multimodal freight activity, and transportation economics. BTS provides context to decision makers and the public for understanding statistics on transportation. BTS assures the credibility of its products and services through rigorous analysis, transparent data quality, and independence from political influence. BTS promotes innovative methods of data collection, analysis, visualization, and dissemination to improve operational efficiency, to examine emerging topics, and to create relevant and timely information products that foster understanding of transportation and its transformational role in society.