National Transportation Atlas Database Spring 2019 Update
Friday, April 19, 2019 - The National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Spring 2019 update was released today with two new datasets, five revised datasets, and a new data catalog.
Transportation general
Legacy ID
1526
National Transportation Statistics 4/9/19 Update, Transit Safety and other tables
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a web-only reference guide to national-level transportation data was updated today.
USDOT Announces Solving for Safety Visualization Finalists
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced two finalists, Ford Motor Co. and the University of Central Florida, for the third and final stage of the Solving for Safety Visualization Challenge. The challenge, a national, multistage competition with a total prize of $350,000, was announced last year, seeking innovative analytical visualization tools that can improve safety on our nation’s road and rail systems.
Port Performance Freight Statistics Program Technical Documentation
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) Port Performance Freight Statistics Program (PPFSP) provides nationally-consistent performance measures for the Nation’s largest ports by tonnage, container, and dry bulk, and to report annually to Congress on port capacity and throughput. This technical documentation for the PPFSP details the process used to identify the top 25 ports in dry bulk and containerized cargo and calculate their capacity and throughput.
2018 North American Transborder Freight Numbers
Transborder freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in 2018:
- Most-used mode: Truck moved $772 billion of freight, up 7.1 percent compared to 2017
- Second mode: Rail moved $179 billion of freight, up 2.7 percent compared to December 2017