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U.S. Major Air Carriers On-time Performance

U.S. Major Air Carriers On-time Performance

U.S. Major Air Carrier Domestic On-time Arrival Performance (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

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The share of flights arriving on time is a measure of service quality. Not only is this...

Rail Freight Revenue Ton-Miles

Rail Freight Revenue Ton-Miles

Quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted

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Freight carried by rail accounts for a very large share of transportation activity in the U.S. In the 2007 Commodity Flow Survey, rail acounted for 46% of...

U.S. Airline Revenue Passenger-Miles and Load Factor

U.S. Airline Revenue Passenger-Miles and Load Factor

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Revenue Passenger-Miles (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Load Factor (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Airline revenue passenger-miles (RPM)...

Amtrak Ridership

Amtrak Ridership

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

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month Number of Passengers Jan-91 1,708,917 Feb-91 1,620,586 Mar-91 1,972,715 Apr-91 1,811,665 May-91 1,974,964 Jun-91 1,862,356 Jul-...

Freight Rail Yields

Freight Rail Yields

Operating Yield (quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted)

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For freight, operating yield is a measure of revenue per ton-mile. This is a way of showing the average price paid by freight rail users. Yields break...

Freight Rail Yields

Freight Rail Yields

Operating Yield (quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Cents per ton-mile

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month Operating Yield 1996 Q1 2.44 1996 Q2 2.45 1996 Q3 2.44 1996 Q4 2.45 1997 Q1 2.40...

Air Travel Price Index

Air Travel Price Index

Quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted

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quarter U.S.-Origin Foreign-Origin Full-Scope Baseline 1995 Q1 100.00 100.00 100.00 100 1995 Q2 101.12 106.74 101.87 100 1995 Q3 100.36...

Transportation Employment

Transportation Employment

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

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Employment in for-hire transportation industries is a signal of demand in the economy. In the May 2010 edition of Occupational Employment Statistics, 67 percent of...

Amtrak Revenue Passenger-Miles and Load Factor

Amtrak Revenue Passenger-Miles and Load Factor

Revenue Passenger-Miles (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

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month Amtrak RPM Load Factor (percent) Jan-90 454,062,384 U Feb-90 434,975,086 U Mar-90 568,022...

Air Fatalities

Air Fatalities

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

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month Air General Aviation Air Carrier and Air Taxi Jan-98 37 33 4 Feb-98 30 29 1 Mar-98 62 61 1 Apr-98 62 59 3 May-98 77 70...