Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Freight Facts and Figures

High Street is leading the update process of the BTS Freight Facts and Figures (FFF) website. Decision-makers across the country have come to rely on the FFF stories to better understand data on freight movement and performance. Through this effort, High Street is ensuring that FFF includes the latest data from its many sources and is making visual improvements along the way to the existing charts and maps. The team is pulling the latest data, conducting quality assurance checks on the new data, and then updating the visuals and text on the FFF stories. The visuals are mostly Tableau-based, with some maps designed in Esri or Mapbox. Visual improvements ensure that clear titles are given to the charts, context is provided so non-freight experts can easily understand the data, and the layout is intuitive with filters and legends in a separate side pane.