U.S. Freight on the Move: Highlights from the 2007 Commodity Flow Survey Preliminary Data

by Michael Margreta, Chester Ford, and M. Adhi Dipo

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More than 13 billion tons of freight, valued at $11.8 trillion, were transported nearly 3.5 trillion ton-miles1 in the United States during...

Box C: How to Interpret Shipment Value and Tonnage Data for Mixed Freight (SCTG 43)

Mixed freight1 (SCTG 43) is among the leading commodity groups by both value and weight of shipments. However, the growth in mixed freight is attributable in large measure to the manner in which goods are...

Box B: Mileage Calculation for the Commodity Flow Survey

A critical measurement, calculated from the CFS data, is the mileage traveled by each shipment, used in estimating modal ton-miles of freight. BTS developed an innovative software tool, called GeoMiler,1 to calculate the distance...

Box A: How to Interpret Shipment Value and Tonnage Data

The value and ton estimates in the Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) represent the sum of multiple shipments of a commodity as it moves through the production and distribution segments of the supply chain. Therefore, CFS totals are much larger...

BTS Special Report: Motorcycle Trends in the United States

May 2009 SR-014

Table 6 - Motorcycle Driver Deaths per 10,000 Registered Motorcycles by Type, 2000 v. 2005

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Table 5 - Motorcyclist Fatalities, Fatality Rates, Injuries, and Injury Rates in the United States, 1997-2007

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Table 4 - Motorcycle Owners by Age in the United States for Selected Years, 1985-2003

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Table 3 - Percentage of New U.S. Motorcycle Sales by Type of Motorcycle, 2005-2007

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Table 2 - New Street-Legal U.S. Motorcycle Sales by Engine Sizes, 1998 and 2003

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