Intermodal
Legacy ID
1521
January 2020 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, was unchanged in January from December, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS). From January 2019 to January 2020, the index fell 1.0% compared to a rise of 5.5% from January 2018 to January 2019 and a rise of 6.0% from January 2017 to January 2018 (Tables 1, 2, and 2A).
2019 North American Transborder Freight Numbers
Transborder freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in 2019:
- Total Transborder Freight: $1.2 trillion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, down 0.2% from 2018
- Most-used mode: Truck moved $772 billion of freight, virtually unchanged compared to 2018
- Second most-used mode: Rail moved $179 billion of freight, down 0.2% compared to 2018
National Transportation Statistics 2/27/2020 Update, Principal Means of Transportation to Work and other categories
Thursday, February 27, 2020 - National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a guide to historical national-level transportation trends was updated today.
December 2019 North American Transborder Freight Numbers
Transborder freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in December 2019:
- Total Transborder Freight: $96.3 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, up 4.0% compared to December 2018
- Most-used mode: Trucks moved $57.2 billion of freight, down 0.3% compared to December 2018
- Second most-used mode: Railways moved $14.4 billion of freight, up 1.9% compared to December 2018