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February 2019 North American Transborder Freight Numbers
Transborder freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in February 2019:
- Total Transborder Freight: $94.2 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, up 0.2% compared to February 2018
- Most-used mode: Truck moved $60.2 billion of freight, up 1.3% compared to February 2018
- Second mode: Rail moved $13.0 billion of freight, down 4.2% compared to February 2018
National Transportation Statistics 4/24/19 Update, Personal Transportation Expenditures and other categories
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a guide to historical national-level transportation trends was updated today.
National Transportation Atlas Database Spring 2019 Update
Friday, April 19, 2019 - The National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Spring 2019 update was released today with two new datasets, five revised datasets, and a new data catalog.
Air Travel Consumer Report: February 2019 Numbers
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its April 2019 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on reporting marketing and operating air carrier data compiled for the month of February 2019. The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of interest to the public can be found at http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer.
February 2019 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data
The 21 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.5% more workers in February 2019 than in February 2018:
- February’s 443,058 full-time equivalents (FTE) was the highest February employment total since February 2003 (460,852 FTEs).
- February was the 64th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.