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Data Highlights

Truck Transportation Employment

1.59M January 2023, +600K from January 2022

Personal Spending on Motor Vehicles and Parts

$566B Q4 2022, -$8B from Q4 2021

State and Local Gov't Spending on Highway and Street Construction

$5.97B February 2023, +$950M from February 2022

Light Truck Sales

910K February 2023, +81K from February 2022

Transit Bus Ridership (Fixed Route)

246M December 2022, +25M from December 2021

Air Cargo Revenue Ton Miles

2.57B December 2022, -260M from Dec. 2021

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February 9, 2024

BTS Updates Datasets to National Transportation Atlas Database 02/09/2024

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released its winter 2024 update to the National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD), a set of nationwide geographic databases of transportation facilities, networks, and associated infrastructure. With this data release, four (4) new layers have been added to the NTAD. These include layers for the National Highway Freight Network (NHFN), the 1991 Federal Aid Primary (FAP) Roads, and the National

02/08/2024 December 2023 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Up 0.9% from the Previous Month and Up 1.8% from the Same Month in 2022

02/08/2024 November 2023 U.S. Airline Traffic Data Up 8.1% from the Same Month in 2022

02/08/2024 November 2023 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Down 1.0% from the Previous Month but Up 0.9% from the Same Month in 2022

02/08/2024 October 2023 U.S. Airline Traffic Data Up 8.2% from the Same Month in 2022

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