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Title 49, TransportationRelease 119-110

§6303 Intermodal Transportation Database

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director must work with the Under Secretary for Transportation Policy, the Assistant Secretaries, and the heads of the Department’s operating administrations to create and keep a national transportation database for use by the Federal Government, States, and metropolitan planning organizations. The database must include data on the movement of goods and people (local, interregional, international) by all modes and mixed-mode trips; the locations and connections of transportation facilities and services; and a national record of spending and capital stock for each mode and mode combination.

Full Legal Text

Title 49, §6303

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(a)In General.—
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)Use.—
The database established under this section shall be suitable for analyses carried out by the Federal Government, the States, and metropolitan planning organizations.
(c)Contents.—
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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110