Freight and Trade Databases

Overview An introduction to freight and trade databases Applications Selected applications of these freight and trade databases by state and local agencies Full Documentation Documentation of specific databases including:general description,data dictionary, applications at state and MPO level Partial Documentation Documentation including: general description, how the data could be used.

An Introduction to Freight and Trade Databases

• What are freight and trade data?
• What are the most commonly used sources?
• How are these data sources used in transportation?
• What are some issues and problems?
• Other, complementary data sources?

Applications of Federal Freight and Trade Databases at State and MPO level

*Surface Transborder Commodity Data

*Commodity Flow Survey: 1993

*Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey

*Rail Waybill Data

Waterborne Commerce of the United States

*Nationwide Truck Activity Survey (NTACS)

Motor Carrier Management Information System(MCMIS)

Transportation Annual Survey (formerly Motor Freight Transportation and Warehousing Survey)

U.S. Exports of Merchandise on CD-ROM (CDEX)

U.S. Imports of Merchandise on CD-ROM (CDIM)

Motor Carrier Finiancial Statistics Program (Previously listed as Motor Carrier Information File