Bureau of Transportation Statistics

BTS Open Data SODA API

The BTS Open Data portal powered by Socrata provides programmatic access to transportation datasets via the Socrata Open Data API (SODA). Supports filtering, querying, and aggregation across aviation, freight, and transportation economics datasets. Also supports OData V2/V4 for tools like Tableau and Excel.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://dev.socrata.com/

Other Resources

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Portal
https://data.bts.gov/
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DataAPI
https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=dot-gov&q=bts

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: bureau-of-transportation-statistics:bts-open-data-soda-api
name: BTS Open Data SODA API
tags:
- Federal Government
- Transportation
- Open Data
- Statistics
humanURL: https://data.bts.gov/
baseURL: https://data.bts.gov/resource/
properties:
- url: https://data.bts.gov/
  type: Portal
- url: https://dev.socrata.com/
  type: Documentation
- url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=dot-gov&q=bts
  type: DataAPI
description: The BTS Open Data portal powered by Socrata provides programmatic access to transportation
  datasets via the Socrata Open Data API (SODA). Supports filtering, querying, and aggregation across
  aviation, freight, and transportation economics datasets. Also supports OData V2/V4 for tools like Tableau
  and Excel.
features:
- SODA Query Language (SOQL)
- OData V2 and V4 Endpoints
- JSON and CSV Formats
- Filtering and Aggregation
- Pagination
- Dataset Downloads
useCases:
- Aviation performance analysis
- Freight activity monitoring
- Transportation economics research
- Supply chain analytics