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Average Domestic Air Fares

Excel

Quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted

The U.S. air transportation network connects commerce across the country and helps enable personal travel and the tourism industry. Ticket prices reflect costs such as labor, capital, and fuel prices, as well as market factors....

Index of Railroad Fuel Prices

Excel

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

Fuel prices affect the prices charged to rail customers, as well as rail company profitability. This data series represents the average monthly price for fuels purchased by freight railroads during a month, which includes federal...

Motor Fuel Prices: Retail Diesel Prices

Excel

Weekly data, not seasonally adjusted

Diesel prices are an important cost component of freight trucking transportation. Changes in diesel prices impact the behavior of producers and consumers, modal mix, and ultimately the overall demand for transportation....

Motor Fuel Prices: Retail Gasoline Prices

Excel

Weekly data, not seasonally adjusted

Gasoline prices are an important cost component of highway transportation. Changes in gasoline prices affect the demand for highway transportation, especially as can be seen in vehicle-miles traveled. In the United States,...

U.S. Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico

Excel

Value of U.S. - Canada trade (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Value of U.S. - Mexico trade (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Transborder freight data is useful in monitoring the value and modal patterns of trade with Canada and...

Transportation Employment

Excel

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

Employment in for-hire transportation industries is a signal of demand in the economy. In the May 2013 edition of Occupational Employment Statistics , 69 percent of employees in for-hire transportation industries are in...

Personal Spending on Transportation

Excel

Quarterly data, seasonally adjusted annual rate

Personal spending on transportation measures consumption of transportation by households. It is also a component of gross domestic product. The historic series is a signal of long-term structural changes....

Transportation Services Index

 Excel

Monthly data, seasonally adjusted

The Transportation Services Index (TSI) is a measure of the month-to-month changes in the output of services provided by the for-hire transportation industry. The index can be examined together with other economic...

Rail Fatalities

Excel

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

 

Improving safety is the top priority of the United States Department of Transportation. The number of railroad deaths (excluding public highway crossings) continues a downward trend. For the five-year period of 2003-...

Air Fatalities

Excel

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

Improved safety is the foremost goal of the United States Department of Transportation. The Federal Aviation Administration regulates safety, and the National Transportation Safety Board (independent of the U.S. DOT) leads...