Domestic Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 3 Hours and International Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 4 Hours, August 2019

August 2019 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 1.4% in August from July, rising to a new all-time high with the second consecutive monthly increase, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS). From August 2018 to August 2019, the index rose 4.1% compared to a rise of 5.5% from August 2017 to August 2018 (Tables 1, 2, and 2A).

World Motor Vehicle Production in National Transportation Statistics 9/25/19 Update

Wednesday, September 25, 2019 - National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a guide to historical national-level transportation trends was updated today.

Figure 1: Growth in Docked Bikeshare Systems, 2015-2019

New BTS Interactive Map Shows Growth of Urban BikeShare/E-scooter Systems

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics today released a new interactive map that documents the rapid growth of bikeshare (docked and dockless) and e-scooter systems across the country from 2015 to 2019. The total number of these systems has reached almost 300 serving more than 200 cities as of July 2019.

Of 108 docked bikeshare systems in operation, 83 launched across the U.S. from 2015 through July 2019. Bikeshare systems added a net of nearly 3,200 docking stations, bringing the total number of docking stations to 6,783 as of July 2019 (figure 1).

Air Travel Consumer Report: July 2019 Numbers

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its September 2019 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on reporting marketing and operating air carrier data compiled for the month of July 2019.  The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of interest to the public can be found at http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer.

July On-Time Performance

In July 2019, reporting marketing carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 76.9%, up from both the 73.3% on-time rate in June 2019 and from 76.0% in July 2018.

Domestic Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 3 Hours and International Flights with Tarmac Times of More than 4 Hours, July 2019

July 2019 Regularly Scheduled Flights with More than 50% Delayed Arrivals of More than 30 Minutes

Projected Peak-Period Congestion on High-Volume Truck Portions of the National Highway System: 2045

Peak-Period Congestion on High-Volume Truck Portions of the National Highway System: 2015