2007 Benchmarking Report - Alliance for Biking & Walking

Bicycling & Walking in the U.S./ Thunderhead Alliance 2007
APPENDIX 1: OVERVIEW OF DATA SOURCES
Appendix 1: Overview of Data Sources
Data Source Description Method of Data Collection
ACS
BRFSS
Census
FARS
FHWA -
FMIS
NHANES
NHIS
NHTS
NTEC
USHCN
WISQARS
American Community Survey - a survey conducted under
the U.S. bureau that collects similar census information
between decennial census years
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, from Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); statewide
health information
From U.S. Census Bureau
Fatality Analysis Reporting System - Federal Database
of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) of vehicle injuries and fatalities
Federal Highway Administration’ (FHWA)’s Fiscal Management
Information System (FMIS)
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey - studies
designed to assess the health and nutritional status of
adults and children in the U.S.; program of the National
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the CDC.
National Health Interview Survey - estimates of broad
range of health measures
National Household Travel Survey - inventory of daily
and long-distance travel; NHTS is a national survey and
all analysis below the national level have problems with
small samples; also, NHTS data is reported by metropolitan
areas so data shown for cities are estimates only
National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse
- sponsored by the FHWA and Rails to Trails Conservancy,
reports on funded projects
United States Historical Climatology Network - daily and
monthly meteorological data
Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System,
from the CDC; fatal and nonfatal injury data
similar to Census long form; (about
three million households)
Frequency of
Data Collection
Last Date of
Availability
every year 2005
telephone health survey continuous 2005
mailed forms, and house visit for nonresponders
FARS analyst from each state collects
data from governments
data reported to FHWA from state and
local government agencies
every 10 years 2000
every year 2006
every year 2006
interviews and physician examinations continuous 2005-2006
interviews at household yearly 2005
survey of 26,000 households (additional
44,000 from nine “add-on” areas);
collected by the FHWA
information comes from funded Transportation
Enhancement (TE) projects
every 5-7 years
since 1969
2001-2002
every year 2006
1000 observing stations continuous 2004-2005
surveillance data or death records every year 2005
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