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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
December 2019 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data
The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 3.1% more workers in December 2019 than in December 2018:
- December’s 453,976 full-time equivalents (FTEs) was the highest employment total since March 2003 (458,598 FTEs).
- December was the 74th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.