About the Bureau of Transportation Statistics

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), part of the Department of Transportation (DOT) is the preeminent source of statistics on commercial aviation, multimodal freight activity, and transportation economics, and provides context to decision makers and the public for understanding statistics on transportation. BTS assures the credibility of its products and services through rigorous analysis, transparent data quality, and independence from political influence.

User Guide for Transportation Satellite Accounts Data Tool

This document provides instructions on how to retrieve data from the Transportation Satellite Accounts and the steps involved to answer specific questions, such as the contribution of in-house versus for-hire transportation to the economy.

The TSAs provide a comprehensive means for...

Number 340 - Air Carrier Groups 2025

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Number 339 - Reporting under Part 374a of the DOT’s Special Regulations with Respect to Extension of Credit by Airlines to Federal Political Candidates

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Map centered on the Tennessee-North Carolina border showing the I-40 breaks and the alternative interstate routes.

Table 2: Change from Previous Year in Scheduled Passenger Airline* Full-time Equivalent Employees**,February 2018

National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO) Methodology

Documentation on how the NCFO dataset was prepared. 

Methodology

Workers working from Home by State and County: 2022

This map visualizes the share of workers working from home (WFH) at the county and state level using the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 1-Year data for 2022. Arlington County, VA has the highest share of WFH workers at 35.8% among counties or county equivalents, while the state with the highest share of WFH workers is Colorado at 21.2%. Counties intersecting or adjacent to large metropolitan areas dominate the highest share of WFH workers, with many being in states with a low...

Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2023

Scooting and Pedaling to Thanksgiving Dinner

Data spotlights represent data and statistics from a specific period of time, and do not reflect ongoing data collection. As individual spotlights are static stories, they are not subject to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) web standards and may not be updated after their...