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Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS)

The VIUS has been the principal data source on the physical and operational characteristics of the United States truck population. Its primary goal is to gain an understanding nationally and statewide on how trucks are being utilized for various goods transport. The first survey was conducted in 1963. It was then conducted every five years beginning in 1967 through 2002. Please see the Historical Data section below for access to this data.

Freight Facts and Figures Winter 2020 Update

Wednesday, January 8 - The Freight Facts and Figures winter update was released today with new freight flow estimates from the Freight Analysis Framework (FAF). According to the latest FAF estimates, the leading commodities by weight are bulk goods, including fossil fuel products (termed “other fossil fuel products”) such as natural gas, coke, and asphalt; gravel; gasoline; cereal grains; and crude petroleum. The leading commodities by value, with the exception of energy products, are high value-per-ton goods, such as electronics, motorized vehicles, mixed freight (largely food), gasoline, and machinery.

October 2019 North American Transborder Freight Numbers

Transborder freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in October 2019:

 

Total Transborder Freight: $107.1 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, down 3.3% compared to October 2018

  • Most-used mode: Trucks moved $68.2 billion of freight, down 2.7% compared to October 2018
  • Second mode: Railways moved $14.5 billion of freight, down 7.9% compared to October 2018

 

 

 

Sources of Border Wait Time Data

 

Blue Water Bridge - This page shows Tweets from the Blue Water Bridge’s Twitter account that show the latest wait time information for crossing the bridge for both cars and trucks. 

Caltrans - This website shows southbound (to Mexico) border wait times for the San Ysidro Border...