North American Transportation Statistics Interchange

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North American Transportation Statistics
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Abbreviation NATS, BDTAN
Formation 1991
Purpose Transportation Statistics Information Exchange
Region served
North America
Membership
Canada, México, United States
Official language
English, French, Spanish
Main organ
 U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Statistics Canada, Transport Canada, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes, Instituto Mexicano de Transporte, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía
Website http://nats.sct.gob.mx

The North American Transportation Statistics Interchange, established in 1991, is a trilateral forum of government officials from transportation and statistical agencies of the United States, [1] [2] Canada, [3] [4] and Mexico. [5] [6] The purpose of the NATS Interchange is to share information on how to collect, analyze, and publish transportation data; to improve comparability among data programs of the three nations; and to provide North American statistics on transportation. To accomplish this, officials meet on an annual basis in the context of Interchange meetings being held alternately in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Participating agencies include the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Statistics Canada, Transport Canada, the Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT), the Mexican Institute of Transportation (IMT) (http://www.imt.mx), and the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) of Mexico.

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Contents

The North American Transportation Statistics (NATS) On-line Database

The NATS On-line Database is a product of the NATS Interchange. Publications of the Interchange are available at: http://nats.sct.gob.mx/en/

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Bureau of Transportation Statistics - North American Transportation Statistics Interchange".
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census Bureau- North American Transportation Statistics Interchange".
  3. ↑ "Statistics Canada - North American Transportation Statistics Interchange".
  4. ↑ "Transport Canada - North American Transportation Statistics Interchange".
  5. ↑ "Comunicado de Prensa no. 091 de la Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes".
  6. ↑ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía - Actualización de la Base de Datos de Transporte de América del Norte" (PDF).
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