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March 2017 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 1.5 percent in March from February, falling after reaching an all-time high in February, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS). The March 2017 index level (124.0) was 30.9 percent above the April 2009 low during the most recent recession (Tables 1, 2, and 2A).