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 U.S. Public Road and Street Mileage by Functional System, Condition of Urban Bus and Rail Transit Maintenance Facilities, Age and Availability of Amtrak Locomotive and Car Fleets, Roadway Vehicle-Miles Traveled and Passenger Miles Traveled, Airport Screening, State Laws on Distracted Driving, Modal Operating Revenues, Amtrak Fuel Consumption and Travel, and Air Pollution Trends.

Recently Updated Tables by Topics:

Physical Extent

• U.S. Public Road and Street Mileage by Functional System (1-5) 
• Estimated U.S. Roadway Lane-Miles by Functional System (1-6, 1-6M)

Condition

• Condition of Urban Bus and Rail Transit Maintenance Facilities (1-30)
• Age and Availability of Amtrak Locomotive and Car Fleets (1-33)

Travel and Goods Movement

• Roadway Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT) and VMT per Lane-Mile by Functional System (1-36, 1-36M) 
• U.S. Passenger-Miles (1-40, 1-40M)
• U.S. Hazardous Materials Shipments by Hazard Class (1-63)

Air Safety

• Prohibited Items Intercepted at Airport Screening Checkpoints (2-16)

Highway Safety

• State Laws on Distracted Driving - Ban on Hand-Held Devices and Texting While Driving (2-25)

Transportation Revenues, Employment, and Productivity

• Total Operating Revenues (3-22)

Transportation Energy Consumption by Mode

• Amtrak Fuel Consumption and Travel (4-18, 4-18M)

Transportation Energy Intensity and Fuel Efficiency

• Energy Intensity of Amtrak Services (4-26)
• Energy Intensity of Amtrak Services (loss-adjusted conversion factors) (4-27)

Air Pollution

• Air Pollution Trends in Selected Metropolitan Statistical Areas (4-51)
• Areas in Nonattainment of National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Criteria Pollutants (4-52)