U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Safety Data Challenge Semi-Finalists

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced the five semi-finalists who are advancing to the next stage of its Solving for Safety Visualization Challenge.  The challenge, announced on June 14, seeks innovative analytical visualization tools that can improve...

Airline On-Time/Tarmac Data, August 2018

August 2018 North American Transborder Freight Numbers

Transborder freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in August 2018:

• Most-used mode: Truck moved $66.6 billion of freight, up 5.7 percent compared to August 2017
• Second mode: Rail moved $15.5 billion of freight, up 5.5 percent compared to August 2017

Figure 1: North American Freight by Mode: August 2018

August 2018 Transborder Tables

BTS’ National Transportation Statistics Updated

Friday, October 19, 2018- National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a web-only reference guide to national-level transportation data was updated today. NTS, updated quarterly, includes a wide range of national transportation information.

Commodity Flow Survey 2017 Preliminary Tables

August 2018 U.S. Passenger Airline Employment Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.6 percent more workers in August 2018 than in August 2017:

• August’s 439,615 full-time equivalents (FTE), was the second highest monthly employment total since November 2004 (439,776 FTEs), down 0.9 percent from the highest monthly total in July 2018 (443,475).
• August was the 58th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.

Scheduled Passenger Airline Full-Time Equivalent Employees, Month of August, 1990-2018

August 2018 FTE Tables