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Figure 5-5 Freight TSI modal data, January 2000-December 2015

Friday, February 17, 2017

Graphic Version | Excel

Date Air Freight Rail Carloads Rail Intermodal Pipeline Trucking Waterborne
Jan-00 0.960 1.016 0.998 0.959 1.073 1.120
Feb-00 0.982 1.018 1.007 0.999 1.068 0.985
Mar-00 0.970 1.008 0.999 0.944 0.987 1.062
Apr-00 0.996 1.001 1.001 0.986 0.971 1.029
May-00 0.985 1.004 1.000 1.021 0.973 1.063
Jun-00 0.983 0.997 0.990 0.996 0.997 0.982
Jul-00 0.976 1.001 0.993 0.954 0.973 1.004
Aug-00 1.005 1.002 0.989 0.995 0.995 0.978
Sep-00 1.075 1.013 1.004 0.998 0.988 0.982
Oct-00 1.032 0.997 1.024 1.018 0.992 0.968
Nov-00 1.018 0.975 0.998 1.038 0.997 0.979
Dec-00 1.019 0.969 0.997 1.092 0.990 0.848
Jan-01 0.995 0.999 0.991 1.020 0.998 0.932
Feb-01 0.992 1.000 0.973 0.998 1.003 0.964
Mar-01 0.965 1.012 0.987 1.013 0.990 0.952
Apr-01 0.939 1.003 0.959 1.007 0.980 0.970
May-01 0.942 1.001 0.950 0.992 1.003 0.944
Jun-01 0.966 0.991 0.965 0.957 0.992 0.993
Jul-01 0.876 0.967 0.958 0.986 0.991 0.963
Aug-01 0.903 0.982 0.976 0.999 1.002 0.998
Sep-01 0.797 0.984 0.988 1.004 0.995 0.992
Oct-01 0.873 0.997 0.987 1.031 0.994 0.949
Nov-01 0.851 0.997 0.982 0.960 0.994 0.951
Dec-01 0.877 0.987 0.962 0.952 0.991 0.946
Jan-02 0.887 0.988 0.965 0.966 1.005 0.964
Feb-02 0.886 0.987 1.006 0.967 1.024 0.957
Mar-02 0.921 0.952 0.999 0.997 1.006 0.925
Apr-02 0.926 0.977 1.018 1.011 1.012 0.921
May-02 0.941 0.979 1.034 1.003 1.028 0.935
Jun-02 0.972 0.999 1.046 1.016 1.028 0.949
Jul-02 0.984 0.989 1.045 1.026 1.043 0.958
Aug-02 0.973 1.000 1.057 0.995 1.044 0.940
Sep-02 0.945 0.990 1.038 1.000 1.055 0.950
Oct-02 1.207 0.979 0.945 1.004 1.054 0.961
Nov-02 1.132 0.985 1.039 1.019 1.058 1.000
Dec-02 1.075 0.990 1.040 1.026 1.066 0.954
Jan-03 1.111 0.980 1.060 1.013 1.058 0.919
Feb-03 1.079 0.975 1.067 1.022 1.056 0.866
Mar-03 1.064 0.970 1.074 0.980 1.060 0.915
Apr-03 1.064 0.977 1.082 0.980 1.062 0.925
May-03 1.079 0.973 1.078 0.986 1.050 0.889
Jun-03 1.045 0.982 1.081 0.949 1.052 0.903
Jul-03 1.090 0.984 1.094 0.975 1.063 0.899
Aug-03 1.099 0.988 1.065 0.991 1.057 0.912
Sep-03 1.078 1.000 1.101 0.985 1.068 0.940
Oct-03 1.121 1.003 1.111 1.001 1.085 0.951
Nov-03 1.120 1.002 1.121 0.981 1.085 0.948
Dec-03 1.115 1.006 1.125 0.990 1.106 1.037
Jan-04 1.134 1.013 1.136 1.015 1.096 0.986
Feb-04 1.216 1.007 1.143 1.029 1.108 0.964
Mar-04 1.177 1.012 1.183 0.984 1.134 0.940
Apr-04 1.203 1.016 1.192 1.000 1.133 0.956
May-04 1.208 1.023 1.199 1.013 1.129 0.957
Jun-04 1.215 1.010 1.206 0.986 1.140 0.947
Jul-04 1.253 1.017 1.211 0.970 1.139 0.970
Aug-04 1.207 1.009 1.189 0.963 1.129 0.985
Sep-04 1.267 0.998 1.204 1.002 1.132 0.947
Oct-04 1.287 1.018 1.233 1.010 1.129 1.030
Nov-04 1.270 1.023 1.259 1.016 1.139 1.002
Dec-04 1.290 1.019 1.260 1.028 1.129 0.992
Jan-05 1.295 1.018 1.258 0.998 1.180 0.920
Feb-05 1.259 1.056 1.288 0.992 1.152 0.982
Mar-05 1.263 1.036 1.246 1.018 1.142 1.002
Apr-05 1.268 1.041 1.246 0.991 1.156 0.996
May-05 1.266 1.015 1.260 0.987 1.145 1.053
Jun-05 1.291 1.011 1.249 0.988 1.143 0.955
Jul-05 1.279 1.015 1.270 1.018 1.141 0.962
Aug-05 1.262 1.014 1.278 0.995 1.157 0.920
Sep-05 1.287 1.019 1.286 0.948 1.153 0.820
Oct-05 1.285 0.993 1.314 0.922 1.151 0.862
Nov-05 1.281 1.013 1.316 0.947 1.180 0.892
Dec-05 1.285 1.026 1.338 0.992 1.151 0.893
Jan-06 1.261 1.068 1.344 0.894 1.154 0.915
Feb-06 1.240 1.034 1.304 0.942 1.141 0.951
Mar-06 1.311 1.036 1.333 0.960 1.134 0.979
Apr-06 1.288 1.029 1.366 0.958 1.136 0.923
May-06 1.268 1.054 1.350 0.979 1.163 0.928
Jun-06 1.303 1.051 1.352 0.994 1.150 0.929
Jul-06 1.275 1.029 1.348 1.023 1.141 0.909
Aug-06 1.312 1.024 1.360 1.010 1.102 0.890
Sep-06 1.321 1.024 1.355 0.984 1.141 1.027
Oct-06 1.282 1.012 1.341 1.003 1.130 0.888
Nov-06 1.315 1.001 1.325 0.970 1.096 0.886
Dec-06 1.307 1.043 1.346 0.924 1.124 0.914
Jan-07 1.299 1.001 1.329 0.946 1.117 0.923
Feb-07 1.312 0.992 1.339 1.053 1.121 0.873
Mar-07 1.313 1.001 1.333 0.989 1.141 0.941
Apr-07 1.276 1.005 1.316 0.997 1.117 0.953
May-07 1.294 1.002 1.317 0.987 1.117 0.948
Jun-07 1.274 1.030 1.334 0.988 1.107 0.933
Jul-07 1.283 0.999 1.309 0.976 1.105 0.876
Aug-07 1.308 1.010 1.300 1.045 1.113 0.808
Sep-07 1.303 1.014 1.316 1.011 1.103 0.905
Oct-07 1.294 1.010 1.292 0.999 1.129 0.909
Nov-07 1.297 1.024 1.310 0.993 1.127 0.882
Dec-07 1.288 1.015 1.299 0.996 1.130 0.905
Jan-08 1.313 1.013 1.291 1.011 1.167 0.921
Feb-08 1.278 1.016 1.310 1.004 1.148 0.888
Mar-08 1.265 1.002 1.275 1.007 1.148 0.748
Apr-08 1.305 1.012 1.273 1.000 1.153 0.823
May-08 1.281 1.010 1.291 1.001 1.151 0.845
Jun-08 1.204 0.993 1.278 0.992 1.160 0.745
Jul-08 1.219 1.020 1.292 0.972 1.150 0.854
Aug-08 1.197 1.001 1.271 0.950 1.126 0.867
Sep-08 1.157 0.971 1.265 0.892 1.125 0.824
Oct-08 1.142 0.981 1.253 0.991 1.104 0.847
Nov-08 1.020 0.922 1.207 0.990 1.091 0.828
Dec-08 0.978 0.868 1.100 0.986 1.058 0.767
Jan-09 0.970 0.849 1.128 0.992 1.035 0.766
Feb-09 0.988 0.881 1.059 0.965 1.058 0.831
Mar-09 0.913 0.824 1.065 0.970 1.011 0.742
Apr-09 0.966 0.779 1.058 0.963 0.996 0.742
May-09 0.959 0.767 1.047 0.945 1.019 0.700
Jun-09 1.007 0.805 1.043 0.936 1.003 0.789
Jul-09 1.026 0.843 1.056 0.943 1.025 0.791
Aug-09 1.031 0.832 1.067 0.939 1.042 0.808
Sep-09 1.074 0.833 1.078 0.977 1.045 0.753
Oct-09 1.115 0.821 1.107 0.960 1.040 0.686
Nov-09 1.129 0.846 1.130 0.945 1.059 0.807
Dec-09 1.149 0.823 1.137 0.980 1.068 0.780
Jan-10 1.131 0.844 1.174 0.998 1.078 0.855
Feb-10 1.153 0.868 1.171 1.011 1.085 0.919
Mar-10 1.110 0.886 1.206 0.976 1.090 0.953
Apr-10 1.169 0.901 1.183 0.972 1.094 0.980
May-10 1.208 0.891 1.216 0.993 1.087 0.952
Jun-10 1.210 0.886 1.242 0.989 1.087 0.973
Jul-10 1.207 0.891 1.263 1.014 1.095 0.933
Aug-10 1.201 0.885 1.278 1.038 1.086 0.952
Sep-10 1.212 0.896 1.270 1.014 1.094 0.948
Oct-10 1.221 0.896 1.266 0.997 1.111 0.940
Nov-10 1.201 0.885 1.263 1.007 1.105 0.949
Dec-10 1.209 0.890 1.271 1.061 1.119 0.932
Jan-11 1.229 0.910 1.277 1.026 1.146 0.950
Feb-11 1.194 0.905 1.298 1.010 1.127 0.961
Mar-11 1.237 0.918 1.285 1.001 1.156 0.915
Apr-11 1.253 0.908 1.305 0.994 1.149 0.920
May-11 1.202 0.895 1.311 1.009 1.125 0.885
Jun-11 1.187 0.895 1.291 1.010 1.154 0.946
Jul-11 1.207 0.882 1.282 1.029 1.141 0.982
Aug-11 1.197 0.887 1.287 1.019 1.158 0.980
Sep-11 1.188 0.903 1.297 1.018 1.163 0.986
Oct-11 1.172 0.914 1.314 1.018 1.170 0.951
Nov-11 1.174 0.906 1.317 1.017 1.177 0.944
Dec-11 1.199 0.936 1.361 0.999 1.226 0.946
Jan-12 1.129 0.918 1.328 1.006 1.178 0.997
Feb-12 1.209 0.891 1.317 0.995 1.187 0.969
Mar-12 1.205 0.868 1.335 0.960 1.185 0.953
Apr-12 1.179 0.859 1.340 1.038 1.183 0.957
May-12 1.211 0.869 1.341 1.082 1.178 0.983
Jun-12 1.203 0.884 1.366 1.092 1.196 0.915
Jul-12 1.173 0.874 1.353 1.087 1.193 0.936
Aug-12 1.179 0.875 1.346 1.083 1.186 0.912
Sep-12 1.187 0.868 1.354 1.055 1.189 0.907
Oct-12 1.100 0.855 1.345 1.077 1.158 0.941
Nov-12 1.166 0.869 1.331 1.060 1.181 0.958
Dec-12 1.133 0.885 1.354 1.010 1.195 0.959
Jan-13 1.182 0.865 1.427 1.027 1.224 0.959
Feb-13 1.139 0.883 1.438 1.049 1.234 0.961
Mar-13 1.141 0.868 1.368 1.093 1.237 0.977
Apr-13 1.126 0.861 1.336 1.066 1.241 0.923
May-13 1.105 0.872 1.373 1.049 1.258 0.929
Jun-13 1.129 0.879 1.380 1.050 1.259 0.944
Jul-13 1.112 0.869 1.391 1.052 1.260 0.944
Aug-13 1.137 0.877 1.409 1.053 1.262 0.935
Sep-13 1.108 0.872 1.417 1.061 1.272 0.929
Oct-13 1.131 0.867 1.429 1.065 1.263 0.934
Nov-13 1.114 0.887 1.448 1.099 1.303 0.928
Dec-13 1.152 0.870 1.450 1.105 1.280 0.944
Jan-14 1.135 0.874 1.432 1.123 1.242 0.939
Feb-14 1.073 0.876 1.448 1.133 1.268 0.944
Mar-14 1.120 0.903 1.470 1.123 1.278 0.984
Apr-14 1.143 0.919 1.475 1.089 1.292 0.985
May-14 1.176 0.924 1.476 1.088 1.296 0.990
Jun-14 1.150 0.912 1.471 1.064 1.293 0.989
Jul-14 1.195 0.922 1.474 1.054 1.302 0.995
Aug-14 1.173 0.901 1.468 1.076 1.315 1.016
Sep-14 1.147 0.898 1.490 1.103 1.316 1.028
Oct-14 1.173 0.904 1.502 1.108 1.326 1.021
Nov-14 1.186 0.903 1.496 1.147 1.343 1.019
Dec-14 1.194 0.944 1.521 1.101 1.332 1.036
Jan-15 1.184 0.928 1.462 1.125 1.325 1.029
Feb-15 1.200 0.872 1.353 1.191 1.308 0.985
Mar-15 1.137 0.871 1.558 1.176 1.338 0.922
Apr-15 1.169 0.870 1.541 1.155 1.314 1.004
May-15 1.151 0.838 1.533 1.169 1.328 1.061
Jun-15 1.142 0.843 1.527 1.189 1.323 1.009
Jul-15 1.153 0.862 1.525 1.194 1.341 0.975
Aug-15 1.122 0.856 1.525 1.188 1.347 0.974
Sep-15 1.166 0.849 1.501 1.192 1.339 0.962
Oct-15 1.159 0.840 1.488 1.200 1.349 0.988
Nov-15 1.153 0.811 1.487 1.153 1.340 0.969
Dec-15 1.148 0.798 1.482 1.114 1.357 0.955
Jan-16 1.168 0.779 1.535 1.172 1.373 0.957
Feb-16 1.175 0.791 1.534 1.146 1.357 0.968

NOTE: data are seasonally adjusted and indexed

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, seasonally adjusted transportation data, available at www.bts.gov as of May 2016.