Earth Day 2022

BTS looks at transit ridership and tailpipe emissions

Data Highlights

Regular Gasoline Price per Gallon

$3.52 February 2022, +$1.02 from February 2021

State, Local Gov't Spending on Parking Facilities

$43M January 2022, - $48M from January 2021

Rail Transit Ridership

172M January 2022, +59M from January 2021

Air Transportation Employees

527K February 2022, +91K from February 2021

Docked Bikeshare Trips

1.67M February 2022, +128K from February 2021

Automobile Sales

200K January 2022, -50K from January 2021

Newsroom

May 2022 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

August 11, 2022

U.S. airlines carried 71.2 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in May 2022, seasonally adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS), down 0.7% from April.

08/10/2022 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) reaches all-time high in June 2022

08/10/2022 U.S. Cargo and Passenger Airlines Add 6,775 Jobs in June 2022 for New COVID-19 Pandemic High; Employment Remains 3.2% Above Pre-Pandemic June 2019

08/10/2022 March 2022 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

08/05/2022 U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment Rate of 4.2% in July 2022 Was Below the July 2021 Level of 7.3% And Was The Same As the Pre-Pandemic July Level of 4.2% in 2019

COVID & Transportation

Weekly COVID-19 Transportation Statistics

Learn how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected freight and passenger transportation in the U.S.

Bikeshare and E-scooter Systems in the U.S.

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