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BTS Updates National Transportation Statistics 08/30/2024

Friday, August 30, 2024

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released its monthly update to National Transportation Statistics (NTS), a guide to historical national-level transportation trends.

This month’s updated data tables include Number of Trucks by Weight; Top U.S. Foreign Trade Freight Gateways by Value of Shipments; Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports; Value and Weight of U.S. Exports and Imports from Canada and Mexico by Transportation Mode; Annual Person-Hours of Highway Traffic Delay Per Auto Commuter; Motor Vehicle, Motorcycle Rider, Truck and Bus Occupant Safety Data; Fatalities by Highest Driver Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) in Highway Crashes; Recreational Boating Safety, Alcohol Involvement, and Property Damage Data; National Transportation and Economic Trends; Transportation Operating Revenues; and Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries.


Recently Updated Tables by Topics:


Vehicle, Aircraft, and Vessel Inventory

  • Number of Trucks by Weight (1-22)


Travel and Goods Movement

  • Top U.S. Foreign Trade Freight Gateways by Value of Shipments (1-51)
  • Tonnage of Top 50 U.S. Water Ports, Ranked by Total Tons (1-57)
  • Value of U.S. Exports to and Imports from Canada and Mexico by Transportation Mode (1-60a)
  • Weight of U.S. Exports to and Imports from Canada and Mexico by Transportation Mode (1-60b)

System Performance

  • Annual Person-Hours of Highway Traffic Delay Per Auto Commuter (1-69)

Highway Safety

  • Motor Vehicle Safety Data (2-17)
  • Motor Vehicle Fatalities, Vehicle-Miles, and Associated Rates by Highway Functional System (2-18)
  • Occupant Fatalities by Vehicle Type and Nonoccupant Fatalities (2-19)
  • Occupant and Non-Motorist Fatalities in Crashes by Number of Vehicles and Alcohol Involvement (2-20)
  • Passenger Car Occupant Safety Data (2-21a)
  • Motorcycle Rider Safety Data (2-22)
  • Truck Occupant Safety Data (2-23)
  • Bus Occupant Safety Data (2-24)
  • Fatalities by Highest Driver Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) in Highway Crashes (2-26)

Water Safety

  • Recreational Boating Safety, Alcohol Involvement, and Property Damage Data (2-47)

Transportation and the Economy

  • National Transportation and Economic Trends (3-10)

Transportation Revenues, Employment, and Productivity

  • Total Operating Revenues (3-22)
  • Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries (3-23)