Personal Spending on Transportation

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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....

U.S. Major Air Carriers On-time Performance

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U.S. Major Air Carriers On-time Performance

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 weather. For the ten-year period ending 2012, 19.6% of...

National Highway Construction Cost Index

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Quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted

The National Highway Construction Cost Index (NHCCI) is a price index that tracks price changes associated with highway construction costs.

Highway Fatalities

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Quarterly data

Improved safety is the foremost goal of the U.S. Department of Transportation, and highway fatalities accounted for 94% of all transportation fatalities in 2009. (BTS, National Transportation Statistics) Motor vehicle fatalities were the leading...

Freight Rail Yields

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Operating Yield (quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted)

U.S. Air Carrier Cargo Revenue Ton-Miles

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U.S. Air Carrier Cargo Revenue Ton-Miles

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....

Average Domestic Air Fares

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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...

Amtrak Ticket Prices and Yields

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Average Amtrak ticket prices (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Amtrak ticket yield (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Ticket yield is a normalized measure of revenue, based on the amount of service provided....

Amtrak Ridership

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Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) officially began service in May 1971. Amtrak serves more than 500 stations in 46 states and operates over a network of more than 21,000 route miles. Ridership is highly...

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...