BTS @ TRB 2023!

Your guide to BTS activities at the 102nd annual TRB Meeting

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

December 2022 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

February 8, 2023

The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 0.6% in December from November, rising for the first month after two months of decline, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS). From December 2021 to December 2022 the index rose 0.5% (Tables...

02/07/2023 U.S. Cargo and Passenger Airlines Lost Few Jobs in December 2022; Employment Remains 4.7% Above Pre-Pandemic December 2019

02/07/2023 Air Travel Consumer Report: November Consumer Complaints Increase from October

02/03/2023 U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment Rate of 4.7% in January 2023 Was Same As the January 2022 Level of 4.7% And Was Above the Pre-Pandemic January Level of 3.4% in 2020

02/01/2023 U.S. Airlines’ December 2022 Fuel Cost per Gallon Down 5.3% from November 2022; Aviation Fuel Consumption Down 5.2% from Pre-Pandemic December 2019

COVID & Transportation

Weekly COVID-19 Transportation Statistics

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

Making Transportation Count for 30 Years

A lot has changed since 1992!

Featured Products

BTS Freight Indicators

The BTS Freight Indicators is a dashboard that puts more than 40 freight transportation statistics at your fingertips. From ports to trucks to rail, get weekly and monthly updates on the U.S. freight transportation system's capacity and performance.

Well Control Equipment Systems Safety – 2020 Annual Report

The WCE Annual Report provides information on well control equipment (WCE) failures that occurred in the course of rig well operations in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf during the calendar year. It is produced by the BTS SafeOCS program.

Final Economic Demand Attributed to Transportation in 2020

This article discusses gross domestic product (GDP)—a measure of economic activity—attributed to the demand for transportation relative to other goods and services. The contribution of transportation services to GDP is an alternative measure of transportation's direct contribution to the economy.