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National Transportation Statistics 12/2/22 Updated

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 System Mileage, Amtrak and Rail Transit Stations, American with...

Low Water on the Mississippi Slows Critical Freight Flows

The Mississippi River provides a vital link for freight movement in the United States. In 2020, the river carried more than half of the 165.5 million tons that moved between the 12 states touching the Upper Mississippi System and Louisiana. For some of those states, the percentage of freight...