Table 2: Freight Transportation Services Index Monthly Changes, 2014-2017, June 2017

Table 1A: Annual High and Low Points in Freight Transportation Services Index, 2009-2017, June 2017

Table 1: Freight, Passenger and Combined Transportation Services Indexes Since December 2016

Freight by Mode since the Recession

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) has shown that all but one of the major freight modes grew since the recession that ended in June 2009 with rail intermodal growing the fastest, rising 50.6 percent from June 2009 (the end of the economic recession) to December 2016.

Figure 3. Detrended Freight TSI, Detrended and Smoothed Freight TSI and Growth Cycles: January 1979–December 2016

Figure 2. Freight TSI modal data changes since the recession, June 2009 - December 2016

Figure 1. Freight TSI modal data, January 2000-December 2016

BTS Directive: 18 Airlines to Report 2018 On-Time Performance and Denied Boarding Data

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) has designated 18 U.S. airlines to report 2018 on-time performance and denied boarding data for domestic flights and 13 U.S. airlines to report 2018 mishandled baggage data for domestic flights.

Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS) Lessons Learned Team Baseline Phase Report

This report provides baseline findings from the evaluation of the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3 RS). 2

May 2017 North American Freight Numbers