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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 indicators to...

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 2012 edition of Occupational Employment Statistics, 68 percent of employees in for-hire transportation industries are in...

Transit Ridership

Excel

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...

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...

State and Local Government Transportation Construction Value

Excel

Highway and Street Construction (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Air, Land, and Water Transportation Construction (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

The value of transportation construction shows the investment in new and rebuilt...

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,...

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....

Rail Freight Revenue Ton-Miles

Excel

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...

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...

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 2003-2007...