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New BTS Interactive Map Shows Growth of Urban BikeShare/E-scooter Systems

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics today released a new interactive map that documents the rapid growth of bikeshare (docked and dockless) and e-scooter systems across the country from 2015 to 2019. The total number of these systems has reached almost 300 serving more than 200 cities as of July 2019.

Of 108 docked bikeshare systems in operation, 83 launched across the U.S. from 2015 through July 2019. Bikeshare systems added a net of nearly 3,200 docking stations, bringing the total number of docking stations to 6,783 as of July 2019 (figure 1).

July 2019 North American Transborder Freight Numbers

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

  • Total Transborder Freight: $102.4 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, up 1.2% compared to July 2018
  • Most-used mode: Trucks moved $63.8 billion of freight, up 1.8% compared to July 2018
  • Second mode: Railways moved $14.8 billion of freight, up 3.0% compared to July 2018

Air Travel Consumer Report: July 2019 Numbers

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its September 2019 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on reporting marketing and operating air carrier data compiled for the month of July 2019.  The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of interest to the public can be found at http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer.

 

July On-Time Performance

In July 2019, reporting marketing carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 76.9%, up from both the 73.3% on-time rate in June 2019 and from 76.0% in July 2018.

July 2019 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 1.5% more workers in July 2019 than in July 2018:

  • July’s 449,907 full-time equivalents (FTEs) was the highest employment total since March 2003 (458,598 FTEs).  
  • June was the 69th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.