Railroads

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released its winter 2025 update to the National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD), a set of nationwide geographic databases of transportation facilities, networks, and associated infrastructure.

BTS Updates Datasets to National Transportation Atlas Database, Fall 2024

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released its fall 2024 update to the National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD), a set of nationwide geographic databases of transportation facilities, networks, and associated infrastructure. This...

Progress Towards Safer Rail Tank Cars Transporting Flammable Liquids: 2024 Report

This 2024 report summarize progress made in upgrading North American rail tank cars transporting Class 3 flammable liquids to the DOT-117 standards. The new DOT-117 standards, finalized in 2015, specify the...

U.S. - Canada Border Crossings by Rail Container Counts: 2023

A map depicting incoming rail container counts at U.S. - Canada border crossings in 2023.

Collapse of BNSF Railway Bridge, North Sioux City SD — Large Scale

A large-scale map depicting the partial collapse of a BNSF railway bridge over the Big Sioux River due to flooding on the border of North Sioux City, South Dakota and Sioux City, Iowa. The collapse was on June 24, 2024.

BTS Updates Datasets to National Transportation Atlas Database, Spring 2024

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released its spring 2024 update to the National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD), a set of nationwide geographic databases of transportation facilities, networks, and associated infrastructure. In...