Table 4: Freight Transportation Services Index from Year-to-Year, December 2017

Table 2A: Freight Transportation Services Index by Month, 2014-2017, December 2017

Table 2: Freight Transportation Services Index Monthly Changes, 2014-2017, December 2017

Table 1A: Annual High and Low Points in Freight Transportation Services Index, 2009-2017, December 2017

Table 1: Freight, Passenger and Combined Transportation Services Indexes Since June 2017

2017 Airline Bumping Rate Lowest in Decades

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its February 2018 Air Travel Consumer Report on air carrier data compiled for the month of December 2017 and calendar year 2017.  In 2017, the carriers posted a bumping rate of 0.34 per 10,000 passengers, the lowest annual rate based on historical data dating back to 1995.  The previous low was 0.62 in 2016.  These carriers posted a bumping rate of 0.18 per 10,000 passengers for the fourth quarter of 2017, an improvement over the 0.55 rate for the fourth quarter of 2016.

November 2017 North American Freight Numbers

Nov 2017 Transborder Tables

Figure 6. Top Commodity Transported between the U.S. and Mexico for Each Mode of Transportation, November 2017

Figure 5. Top Commodity Transported between the U.S. and Canada for Each Mode of Transportation, November 2017