PUBLIC LAW 102-240—DEC. 18, 1991 105 STAT. 2173 "(4) TERM,—The term of the Director shall be 4 years. The term of the first Director to be appointed shall begin on the 180th day after the date of the enactment of this section. "(c) RESPONSIBIUTIES.—The Director of the Bureau shall be responsible for carrying out the following duties: "(1) COMPIUNG TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS. —Compiling, analyzing, and publishing a comprehensive set of transportation statistics to provide timely summaries and totals (including industrywide aggregates and multiyear averages) of transportation-related information. Such statistics shall be suitable for conducting cost-benefit studies (including comparisons among individual transportation modes and intermodal transport systems) and shall include information on— "(A) productivity in various parts of the transportation sector; "(B) traffic flows; "(C) travel times; "(D) vehicle weights; "(E) variables influencing traveling behavior, including choice of transportation mode; "(F) travel costs of intracity commuting and intercity trips; "(G) availability of mass transit and the number of passengers served by each mass transit authority; "(H) frequency of vehicle and transportation facility repairs and other interruptions of transportation service; (I) accidents; "(J) collateral damage to the human and natural environment; and "(K) the condition of the transportation system. "(2) IMPLEMENTING LONG-TERM DATA COLLECTION PROGRAM. — Establishing and implementing, in cooperation with the modal administrators, the States, and other Federal officials a comprehensive, long-term program for the collection and analysis of data relating to the performance of the national transportation system. Such program shall— "(A) be coordinated with efforts to develop performance indicators for the national transportation system undertaken pursuant to section 307(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code; "(B) ensure that data is collected under this subsection in a manner which will maximize the ability to compare data from different regions and for different time periods; and "(C) ensure that data collected under this subsection is controlled for accuracy and disseminated to the States and other interested parties. "(3) ISSUING GUIDELINES.— Issuing guidelines for the collection of information by the Department of Transportation required for statistics to be compiled under paragraph (1) in order to ensure that such information is accurate, reliable, relevant, and in a form that permits systematic analysis. "(4) COORDINATING COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.— Coordinating the collection of information by the Department of Transportation required for statistics to be compiled under paragraph (1) with related information-gathering activities conducted by other Federal departments and Eigencies and collecting appropriate data not elsewhere gathered.
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