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Potential Effects of a Canadian Rail Disruption

On the morning of August 22, 2024, both of the Class 1 rail carriers in Canada shut down operations. The Canadian Government has since stepped in and order an extension of existing contracts and requested the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) undertake binding arbitration with railroads and...

BTS Updates National Transportation Statistics 08/31/2023

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...

TransBorder Data Mid-Year Report 2023

The first half (January – June) of 2023 transborder crossing data is available! The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) compiled the tonnage and dollar value of commodities that moved across United States’ land borders with Canada and Mexico.

Freight Analysis Framework 5/16/23 Updated

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released an updated version of its Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) commodity flow dataset, which provides estimates for tonnage, value, and ton-miles by origin-destination pair of FAF regions, commodity type, and mode for: