Figure 3. Percent Change in Value of U.S.-Canada Freight Flows by Mode: November 2016-2017

Figure 2. Percent Change in Value of U.S.-NAFTA Freight Flows by Mode: November 2016-2017

Figure 1. U.S.-NAFTA Freight Value Percent Change from Previous Year (Last 24 months), November 2017

Table 4. Value of Monthly U.S.-Mexico Freight Flows by Mode of Transportation, November 2017

Table 3. Value of Monthly U.S.-Canada Freight Flows by Mode of Transportation, November 2017

Table 1. Value of Monthly U.S.-NAFTA Freight Flows, November 2017

BTS Releases Transportation Economic Trends 2017

Friday, January 12, 2018 - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released Transportation Economic Trends 2017, BTS’s annual report on transportation and the economy. The 124-page report highlights important trends in transportation and the economy, and explains related economic concepts and data sources for a general audience.

November 2017 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, reached an all-time high in November, rising 0.2 percent in November from October, growing for the second consecutive month, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS). The November 2017 index level (130.8) was 38.1 percent above the April 2009 low during the most recent recession.

Freight Transportation Services Index, November 2012 - November 2017

November 2017 TSI Tables