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2010 What's New
RITA Archives
| February 2, 2010 |
Notice of Request for Clearance of an Information Collection: Omnibus Household Survey Program
In accordance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the BTS to request the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) approval for an extension of a currently approved information collection related to the use of and satisfaction with the nation’s transportation system.
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| January 29, 2010 |
News Digest - Pocket Guide 2010, Significant Accomplishments 2009
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), has published the Pocket Guide to Transportation 2010 and Significant Accomplishments Fiscal Year 2009. |
| January 28, 2010 |
3rd-Quarter 2009 Air Fares: Average 3rd-Quarter Domestic Air Fares Fell 14.4% from 3rd Quarter 2008; Top 100 Airports: Highest Fare in Huntsville, Lowest Fare at Atlantic City
Average domestic air fares in the third quarter of 2009 fell to their lowest July-to-September level since 2005, dropping 14.4 percent from the third quarter of 2008 in the largest year-to-year decline on record, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. |
| January 28, 2010 |
November 2009 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Fell 2.9 Percent from November 2008
Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 2.9 percent lower in November 2009 than in November 2008, dropping to $58.9 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation. |
| January 22, 2010 |
BTS Releases Reports on Ocean Passenger Vessels
The Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics today released two special reports on the ocean passenger vessel industry. |
| January 20, 2010 |
November 2009 Passenger Airline Employment Down 3.3 Percent from November 2008
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 3.3 percent fewer workers in November 2009 than in November 2008, the 17th consecutive decrease in full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels for the scheduled passenger carriers from the same month of the previous year, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. FTE calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee. |
| January 14, 2010 |
October 2009 Airline Traffic Data: System Traffic Down 1.4 Percent from October 2008
The number of scheduled domestic and international passengers on U.S. airlines in October 2009 decreased by 1.4 percent from October 2008, declining by 0.9 million to 58.8 million, the Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today reported. October marked the 18th month out of the last 19 months with a decrease in passengers from the previous year. |
| January 13, 2010 |
Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Rose 1.8% in November from October
The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) rose 1.8 percent in November from its October level, rising after two consecutive monthly declines, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. |
| January 8, 2010 |
National Transportation Statistics 2009 - Fourth Quarter Update
This report presents basic information on America's transportation system. |
| January 7, 2010 |
Airlines Set Records for On-Time Performance, Low Mishandled Baggage Rates in November
The nation's largest airlines set a single-month record in November for on-time performance for the nearly 15 years the U.S. Department of Transportation has collected comparable data, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). They also set a record for the lowest rate of mishandled baggage in a single month since these data were first collected in September 1987. |
| January 6, 2010 |
October 2009 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Fell 15.5 Percent from October 2008
Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 15.5 percent lower in October 2009 than in October 2008, dropping to $61.4 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation. |
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