Transportation Services Index
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The Transportation Services Index is a U.S. economic indicator that tracks the volume of freight and passenger transportation services to gauge activity in the transportation sector and the broader economy.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Transportation Services Index canonical | 3 |
| freight Transportation Services Index | 1 |
| passenger Transportation Services Index | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T403212 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Transportation Services Index Context triple: [Bureau of Transportation Statistics, publishes, Transportation Services Index]
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A.
Transport Focus
Transport Focus is an independent watchdog organization in Great Britain that represents the interests of transport users, particularly rail, bus, and road passengers, by monitoring services and advocating for improvements.
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B.
Transportation Bureau
The Transportation Bureau is a specialized division of the New York City Police Department responsible for traffic management, highway and bridge patrol, and enforcement of transportation-related laws throughout the city.
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C.
ADA paratransit
ADA paratransit is a door-to-door, reservation-based public transportation service designed to provide accessible rides for people with disabilities who cannot use regular fixed-route transit.
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D.
Transportation and Ticket Center
The Transportation and Ticket Center is Walt Disney World's primary transit and ticketing hub, where guests park, purchase admission, and transfer via monorail or ferryboat to the Magic Kingdom and other resort areas.
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E.
Transit Bureau
The Transit Bureau is the division of the New York City Police Department responsible for policing and ensuring safety within the city’s public transit system, particularly the subway.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Transportation Services Index Target entity description: The Transportation Services Index is a U.S. economic indicator that tracks the volume of freight and passenger transportation services to gauge activity in the transportation sector and the broader economy.
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A.
Transport Focus
Transport Focus is an independent watchdog organization in Great Britain that represents the interests of transport users, particularly rail, bus, and road passengers, by monitoring services and advocating for improvements.
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B.
Transportation Bureau
The Transportation Bureau is a specialized division of the New York City Police Department responsible for traffic management, highway and bridge patrol, and enforcement of transportation-related laws throughout the city.
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C.
ADA paratransit
ADA paratransit is a door-to-door, reservation-based public transportation service designed to provide accessible rides for people with disabilities who cannot use regular fixed-route transit.
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D.
Transportation and Ticket Center
The Transportation and Ticket Center is Walt Disney World's primary transit and ticketing hub, where guests park, purchase admission, and transfer via monorail or ferryboat to the Magic Kingdom and other resort areas.
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E.
Transit Bureau
The Transit Bureau is the division of the New York City Police Department responsible for policing and ensuring safety within the city’s public transit system, particularly the subway.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economic indicator
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time series ⓘ |
| abbreviation | TSI ⓘ |
| adjustedFor | seasonal variation ⓘ |
| basePeriod | 2000=100 ⓘ |
| category |
macroeconomic statistics
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transportation statistics ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coversMode |
air transportation
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intercity passenger transportation ⓘ pipeline transportation ⓘ public transit ⓘ rail transportation ⓘ truck transportation ⓘ water transportation ⓘ |
| dataFrequency | monthly ⓘ |
| dataSource |
administrative transportation data
ⓘ
carrier reports ⓘ |
| dataType |
seasonally adjusted series
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unadjusted series ⓘ |
| developer |
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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surface form:
U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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| geographicCoverage | domestic U.S. transportation ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Transportation Services Index
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
freight Transportation Services Index
Transportation Services Index self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
passenger Transportation Services Index
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| indicatorType | coincident indicator ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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surface form:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics Office of Airline Information and other modal data programs
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| measures |
freight transportation activity
ⓘ
passenger transportation activity ⓘ volume of transportation services ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. Department of Transportation statistics ⓘ |
| publisher |
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
|
| referencePeriodStart | 1990s ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bureau of Economic Analysis
ⓘ
surface form:
Gross Domestic Product of the United States
freight volume indicators ⓘ industrial production index ⓘ |
| sectorCovered | transportation sector ⓘ |
| startPublicationYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| unitOfMeasurement | index value ⓘ |
| usedBy |
business analysts
ⓘ
economists ⓘ policy makers ⓘ transportation planners ⓘ |
| usedFor |
business cycle analysis
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forecasting economic conditions ⓘ gauging broader economic activity ⓘ gauging transportation sector activity ⓘ short-term economic analysis ⓘ transportation policy analysis ⓘ |
| website | https://www.bts.gov/tsi ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Transportation Services Index Description of subject: The Transportation Services Index is a U.S. economic indicator that tracks the volume of freight and passenger transportation services to gauge activity in the transportation sector and the broader economy.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Transportation Services Index
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hasComponent
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Transportation Services Index
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
freight Transportation Services Index
Transportation Services Index
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hasComponent
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Transportation Services Index
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
passenger Transportation Services Index
subject surface form:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics