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Capital Expenditures

National Highway Construction Cost Index State and Local Government Transportation Construction Value

Amtrak On-Time Performance

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Amtrak On-Time Performance

On-time performance is a measure of service quality and system reliability as Amtrak operates principally over host railroad tracks.

National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) trips of up to 250 miles are considered on-...

Major U.S. Air Carriers On-Time Performance

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U.S. Major Air Carrier Domestic On-time Arrival Performance (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

The share of flights arriving on time is a measure of service quality. Not only is this indicator strongly seasonal, but the data also reflect the effects of...

U.S. Highway Vehicle-Miles Traveled

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Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

Vehicle-miles traveled (VMT) are key data for highway planning and management, and a common measure of roadway use. Along with other data, VMT are often used in estimating congestion, air quality, and potential gas-tax...

System Performance

U.S. Highway Vehicle-Miles Traveled Major U.S. Air Carriers On-Time Performance Amtrak On-Time Performance

Rail Freight: Revenue Ton-Miles

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Quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted

Freight carried by rail accounts for a very large share of transportation activity in the U.S. In the 2007 Commodity Flow Survey, rail acounted for 46% of total national ton-miles. Coal accounted for nearly half of this...

U.S. Air Carrier Cargo Revenue Ton-Miles

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Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

The air mode is generally used for shipments that are time-sensitive and high-value. BTS collects data for air freight and mail that moves on U.S. carriers' domestic and international operating entities....

Freight Usage

U.S. Air Carrier Cargo Revenue Ton-Miles Rail Freight: Revenue Ton-Miles

Transit Ridership

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Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

According to National Transportation Statistics, in 2011, 6% of workers used public transit as their principal means of getting to their place of work. A higher proportion of workers in urban areas use transit to get to...

Amtrak Revenue Passenger-Miles and Load Factor

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Revenue Passenger-Miles (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Load Factor (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Load factor measures usage by capacity. It is calculated by dividing passenger-miles (the aggregation of trip lengths for...