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2015 Border Crossing/Entry Data

Friday, April 22, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released 2015 Border Crossing/Entry Data. The database includes numbers of personal vehicles, incoming trucks, trains, buses, containers and pedestrians entering the United States through land ports and ferry crossings on the U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico border. Collection of border-crossing data began in response to implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994.

February 2016 Passenger Airline Employment Data


U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 3.8 percent more workers in February 2016 than in February 2015, the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.February was the highest monthly total (403,917) since August 2008 and was the 27th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airline full-time equivalent (FTE)

January 2016 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

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 83.9 percent in January, seasonally adjusted, falling after a single month of growth from November 2015 to December

February 2016 On-Time Performance Up From Previous Year, January 2016

WASHINGTON The reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 83.6 percent in February 2016, up from both the 72.8 percent on-time rate in February 2015 and the 81.3 percent mark in January 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Transportations Air Travel Consumer Report released today. The reporting carriers canceled 1.6 percent of their scheduled domestic

February 2016 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 0.7 percent in February from January, falling after two months of growth, according to the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). The February 2016 index level (122.2) was 29.0 percent above the

Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2015

Friday, April 1, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released the Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2015 (TSAR). The 20th edition of this congressionally mandated report presents key transportation indicators along with an overview of the transportation system. It also includes data and statistics on passenger travel, freight movement, transportation and the economy, system reliability, safety, energy use and environmental impacts.

2015 U.S.-Based Airline Traffic Data

The U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines and foreign airlines serving the United States carried an all-time high of 895.5 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in 2015, 5.0 percent more than the previous record high of 853.1 million reached in 2014. The