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Panel on Bureau of Transportation Statistics International Trade Traffic Study
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Background
The Panel on Formula Bureau of Transportation Statistics International Trade Traffic Study, National Research Council, was established in June 2003. Joel Horowitz, Professor of Economics at Northwestern University, chairs the panel.
Under the provisions of Section 5115 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (PL 105-178), the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the United States Department of Transportation has requested the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of measures of ton-miles and value-miles of international trade traffic carried by highway for each State for use as formula factors for highway apportionments. CNSTAT proposes to establish a panel to conduct such a study. The goals of this study will be to review the findings of a BTS staff report prepared in response to PL 105-178 and its recommendations, and to explore additional data sources and measures that may be utilized for this purpose. The study will result in recommendations for statistical quality standards that address data sources, data collection and estimation methodology.
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Roster
- JOEL HOROWITZ (Chair), Johns Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
- JAMES LEPKOWSKI, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- HANI MAHMASSANI, Maryland Transportation Initiative, University of Maryland,
College Park, MD
- AMELIA REGAN, University of California, Irvine, CA
- BRUCE D. SPENCER’ Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
- RONALD TWEEDIE, Delmar, NY
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Staff
- Tom Plewes, Study Director
- Allison Shoup, Project Assistant
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Publications
The following are links to presentations made at the November 20-21 panel meeting:
Bill Bannister
Paul Ciannavei
William Davie
Antonio Esteve
MJ Fiocco
Dan Melnick
Harvey Monk
Tom Plewes
Bruce Lambert
Frank Southworth
Rob Tardif: (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) 
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