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The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 1.3 percent in April from March, rising after two months of decline, according to the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). The April 2016 index level (121.1) was 27.9 percent above the
Friday, May 27, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released Highlights of the 2014 National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO). Key findings indicate that 115.1 million passengers were carried on ferries in the United States and its territories in 2014.
Figure 1. Percent Change in Value of U.S.-NAFTA Freight Flows by Mode: March 2015-2016 SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, TransBorder Freight Data All five transportation modes carried less U.S. freight by value with North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico in March 2016 compared to March 2015. The total
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 3.9 percent more workers in March 2016 than in March 2015, the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. March was the highest monthly total (406,113) since August 2008 and was the 28th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline full-time equivalent (FTE)
WASHINGTON Airline consumer complaints filed with DOTs Aviation Consumer Protection Division in March 2016 were down 17.7 percent from March 2015 and down 5.0 percent from February 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Transportations Air Travel Consumer Report released today. In March, the Department received 1,429 complaints about airline service from
Friday, May 13, 2016 - The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released the rail network and rail nodes portion of the 2016 National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). These datasets are available for download as a zipped shapefile. Due to high public demand, BTS is making these data available as a pre-release instead of in late June when NTAD 2016 will be released. This release includes the United States portion of the new North American Rail Network (NARN).
The U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service load factor a measure of the use of airline capacity fell to 83.5 percent in February, seasonally adjusted, falling for the second consecutive month (Table 1). Seasonal adjustment
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 March from February, falling for the second consecutive month, according to the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). The March 2016 index level (120.0) was 26.7 percent
Note: This press release includes revisions to 2014 numbers in Tables 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 as of May 3, 2016. See noted under each table for the revision details. U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported an after-tax net profit of $25.6 billion in 2015 up from $7.5 billion in 2014, the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported
Two transportation modes rail and truck carried more U.S. freight by value with North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico in February 2016 than