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Trucking movements: BTS Freight Mobility Initiative (FMI)

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) Freight Mobility Initiative (FMI) comprises all experimental statistics and products developed from a database of aggregated, anonymized, non-customer-specific GPS position data (or processed "GPS pings") acquired from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) and harvested from a sample of truck tractors that have been moving around North America since 2018.

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...