BTS Releases Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2017

Tuesday, January 9, 2018 - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released the Transportation Statistics Annual Report (TSAR) 2017. The 22nd edition of this congressionally mandated report presents key transportation indicators along with an overview of the transportation system. It also includes data and statistics on passenger travel, freight movement, transportation and the economy, system reliability, safety, energy use and environmental impacts.

Pocket Guide to Transportation

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Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance Year-to-date through September 2010

National Transportation Atlas Database Fall 2017 Update

Friday, December 8, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics has released the Fall 2017 update to the National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) with three new datasets and 23 updated datasets. The NTAD is a compilation of geospatial datasets representing the nation’s transportation infrastructure, including roadways, railways, and airports.

ADA-Accessible Rail Transit Stations by Agency

KEY:  ADA = Americans with Disabilities Act of 1992; N = data do not exist; NA = not applicable.

Roadway Vehicle-Kilometers Traveled (VKT) and VKT per Lane-Kilometers by Functional Class

^a Includes the 50 States and the District of Columbia.

^bUrban other arterial includes other freeways and expressways, other principal arterial, and minor arterial. Rural other arterial includes other principal arterial and minor arterial prior to 2009, and includes other freeways and expressways, other principal arterial and minor arterial for 2009.

^cCollector is the sum of major and minor collectors. 

Estimated U.S. Roadway Lane-Kilometers by Functional System

^a Includes the 50 States and the District of Columbia.

^bUrban other arterial includes other freeways and expressways, other principal arterial, and minor arterial. Rural other arterial includes other principal arterial and minor arterial prior to 2009 and other freeways and expressways, other principal arterial and minor arterial for 2009 and later.

^cCollector is the sum of major and minor collectors. 

Kilometers of Public Roads and Streets in the United States by Type of Surface

KEY:  N = data does not exist.

^a 1960-95 data includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia; 1996-2008 data includes the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; 2011-16 data includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia; 2017-18 data includes the 50 states, Puerto Rico (data may be incomplete), and the District of Columbia.

^b  Paved mileage includes the following categories: low type (an earth, gravel, or stone roadway that has a bituminous surface course less than 1" thick); intermediate type (a mixed...

U.S. Air Transportation System: 2000, 2010, 2013–2015(a)

Bus Profile

KEY:  N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are unavailable.

^a In 2003, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration implemented a program to improve reporting by Class I intercity bus carriers. This accounts for the large increase in Number of operating companies between 2002 and 2003, and as a result the large increase in Operating revenues and Operating expenses. For all years, New Jersey Transit has been excluded from the totals because of its status as a publicly run carrier.

^b Urban...