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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

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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...

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....

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

Excel

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.

National Highway Construction Cost Index 2012...