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Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2019
Thursday, December 19, 2019 – The Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2019 (TSAR), a congressionally-mandated report, is now available from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). This edition of the report provides highlights of recent legislation, specifically the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act and the Geospatial Data Act of 2018, that call attention to the importance of credible statistics for public decision-making.
2018 Freight Flow Estimates
Thursday, December 19, 2019 – Freight shipments in the U.S. grew from 2017 to 2018, up 3.8% by weight to 18.6 billion tons and up 3.1% by value to $18.9 trillion, according to annual estimates from the Freight Analysis Framework (FAF).
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
Air Travel Consumer Report: October 2019 Numbers
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its December 2019 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on reporting marketing and operating air carrier data compiled for the month of October 2019. The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of interest to the public can be found at http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer.
October On-Time Performance
In October 2019, reporting marketing carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 82.2%, down from the 84.1% on-time rate in September 2019 and down slightly from 82.3% in October 2018.
For the first 10 months of 2019, the reporting marketing carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 78.5%, down slightly from 78.7% for the same period in 2018.
National Transportation Statistics 12/17/19 Update, Sales Price of Transportation Fuel and other categories
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 - National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a guide to historical national-level transportation trends was updated today.
October 2019 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data
The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.6% more workers in October 2019 than in October 2018:
- October’s 452,440 full-time equivalents (FTEs) was the highest employment total since March 2003 (458,598 FTEs).
- October was the 72nd consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.