July 2018 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, fell 0.9 percent in July from June, falling for the first month after reaching an all-time high in June. The July 2018 index level (135.1) was 42.5 percent above the April 2009 low during the most recent recession (Tables 1, 2, and 2A).

July 2018 TSI Tables

Freight Transportation Services Index, July 2013 - July 2018

Travel Patterns of American Adults with Disabilities

An estimated 25.5 million Americans have disabilities that make traveling outside the home difficult and 3.6 million do not leave their homes because they are disabled or housebound, according to “Travel Patterns of American Adults with Disabilities.” The Bureau of Transportation Statistics...

2018 Rail Tank Car Safety Report

Date: Wednesday, September 5, 2018

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has submitted Fleet Composition of Rail Tank Cars Carrying Flammable Liquids: 2018 Report, to Congress measuring industry-wide progress in manufacturing and modifying safer rail tank cars that transport...

Airline Financial Data, 3rd Quarter 2018

June 2018 North American Freight Numbers

Freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in June 2018:

• Most-used mode: Truck moved $66.6 billion of freight, up 5.3 percent compared to June 2017
• Second mode: Rail moved $15.7 billion of freight, up 2.0 percent compared to June 2017

June 2018 Transborder Tables

Figure 1: North American Freight by Mode: June 2018

June 2018 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.7 percent more workers in June 2018 than in June 2017. June’s 439,422 full-time equivalents (FTE) was the highest monthly employment total since November 2004 (439,776 FTEs). June was the 56th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.