A One-Stop Shop for Transportation Data

The Transport Politic has announced the new Transport Databook, with is a kind of treasure trove of data.

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September 9, 2016, 9:00 AM PDT

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


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Yonah Freemark took to Twitter this week to announce the creation of the Transport Databook.

From the project's webpage, Freemark promises to update the data as much as possible, including interactive charts and tables. 

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