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HQ-2016-1126 (Finalized)

On May 1, 2016, at about 6:34 a.m., EST, an eastbound CSX Transportation (CSX) mixed freight train, Q40130, traveling on double main track (Track No. 2), at a recorded speed of 27 mph derailed 16 cars on CSX’s Baltimore Division, Metropolitan Subdivision in Washington, DC, in Ward 5. Train Q40130...

Measuring Personal Travel and Goods Movement

The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991 established the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) within the U.S. Department of Transportation. This new federal statistical agency was charged with developing transportation data to support strategic planning and policy...