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The unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 4.6% (not seasonally adjusted) in November 2022 according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data recently updated on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Unemployment in Transportation dashboard. The November 2022 rate fell 1.5...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of September 2022 and 3rd quarter 2022 numbers (nine months data) for on-time performance, consumer complaints received, mishandled baggage, and...
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released its monthly update to National Transportation Statistics (NTS), a guide to historical national-level transportation trends.
This month’s updated data tables include System Mileage, Amtrak and Rail Transit Stations, American with...
The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ October fuel cost and consumption numbers indicating U.S. scheduled service airlines used 1.433 billion gallons of fuel, 2.3% more fuel than in September 2022 (1.401 billion gallons) and 7.0%...
The Mississippi River provides a vital link for freight movement in the United States. In 2020, the river carried more than half of the 165.5 million tons that moved between the 12 states touching the Upper Mississippi System and Louisiana. For some of those states, the percentage of freight...
Total Transborder Freight by Border in September 2022, Compared to September 2021:
Transborder freight between the U.S. and North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in September 2022:
Transportation services (for-hire, in-house, and household) contributed $1.3 trillion (5.6%) to an enhanced U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) of $23.7 trillion in 2021—as measured by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' (BTS) Transportation Satellite Accounts (TSAs).