Monday, July 23, 2018- National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a web-only reference guide to national-level transportation data was updated today. NTS, updated quarterly, includes a wide range of national transportation information.

NTS consists of more than 260 tables of national data of which 82 were updated today. This quarter’s updates are:

• Transportation System
  • Public Road Mileage;
  • Accessible Rail Transit Stations;
  • Number of Aircraft, Vehicles, Vessels;
  • Retail Sales and Lease of New Cars;
  • Automobile and Truck Median Age;
  • Condition of Bridges;
  • Average Age of Urban Transit Vehicles;
  • Class I Railroad Locomotive Fleet by Year Built;
  • Vehicle-Miles Traveled;
  • National Household Travel Survey data;
  • Air Passenger Travel Departures;
  • Foreign Trade Freight Gateways by Shipment Value;
  • U.S.-Canadian/U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Passenger Gateways;
  • Top U.S. Foreign Trade Freight Gateways by Shipment Value (data revision);
  • U.S.-Canadian/U.S.-Mexican Border Land-Freight Truck/Rail and Container Crossings;
  • Waterborne Freight tonnage;
  • Top 50 Water Ports;
  • Land Export and Import Value from Canada and Mexico;
  • Air Carrier Mishandled-Baggage and On Time Performance;
  • Highway Travel Time Index;
• Safety
  • Air Carrier Safety;
  • Near Midair Collisions;
  • Motor Vehicle Fatalities;
  • State Distracted Driving Laws;
  • Motor Vehicle Fatal Crashes by Day, Time, Weather, and Speed Limit;
  • Safety Belt and Motorcycle Helmet Use;
  • Railroad and Grade-Crossing Fatalities and Injuries;
  • Train Safety by Type of Accident;
  • Recreational Boating Safety and Property Damage;
• Economy
  • Gross Domestic Product by Social Function;
  • Transportation Fuel Prices;
  • Average Passenger Fares;
  • For-Hire Transportation and Transportation-Related Industries Employment;
  • Government Transportation-Related Revenues and Expenditures;
•  Energy and the Environment
  • Energy Consumption and Demand by Transportation Sector;
  • Fuel Consumption by Mode of Transportation;
  • Gasoline Demand by Mode;
  • Air Carrier Fuel Consumption and Travel;
  • Energy Intensity of Passenger Modes and Air Carriers;
  • Passenger Car and Light Truck Fuel Efficiency;
  • Class I Railroad Freight Energy Intensity;
  • Average Vehicle Emission Rates by Vehicle Type;
  • Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen Oxides, Volatile Organic Compounds, Particulate Matter and Sulfur Dioxide Emissions;
  • Miles of Highway Noise Barrier.

The next quarterly update is scheduled for October 2018. NTS  contents are available on the BTS website.  Contact: Dave Smallen (202) 366-5568, david.smallen@dot.gov