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Title 49 — TransportationRelease 119-73not60

§6303 Intermodal Transportation Database

Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE III— GENERAL AND INTERMODAL PROGRAMS › Chapter 63— BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS › § 6303

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director must create and keep a national transportation database after consulting the Under Secretary for Transportation Policy, the Assistant Secretaries, and the heads of the Department’s operating administrations. The database must work for analyses by the Federal Government, the States, and metropolitan planning organizations. It must include: goods movement volumes and patterns (local, interregional, international) by all modes and intermodal mixes; people movement volumes and patterns (including bikes and walking); where facilities and services are and how they connect; and national totals of spending and capital stock by mode and intermodal combination.

Full Legal Text

Title 49, §6303

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(a)In consultation with the Under Secretary Transportation for Policy, the Assistant Secretaries of the Department, and the heads of the operating administrations of the Department, the Director shall establish and maintain a transportation database for all modes of transportation.
(b)The database established under this section shall be suitable for analyses carried out by the Federal Government, the States, and metropolitan planning organizations.
(c)The database established under this section shall include—
(1)information on the volumes and patterns of movement of goods, including local, interregional, and international movement, by all modes of transportation, intermodal combinations, and relevant classification;
(2)information on the volumes and patterns of movement of people, including local, interregional, and international movements, by all modes of transportation (including bicycle and pedestrian modes), intermodal combinations, and relevant classification;
(3)information on the location and connectivity of transportation facilities and services; and
(4)a national accounting of expenditures and capital stocks on each mode of transportation and intermodal combination.

Legislative History

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Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 2012, see section 3(a) of Pub. L. 112–141, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 2012 Amendment note under section 101 of Title 23, Highways.

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Citation

49 U.S.C. § 6303

Title 49 — Transportation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60