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Transportation Employment

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Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

Thousand employees

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...

Personal Spending on Transportation

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Quarterly data, seasonally adjusted annual rate

Billions of dollars

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...

Transportation Services Index

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Monthly data, seasonally adjusted

Chain-type index: 2000 = 100

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...

Economy

Transportation Services Index Personal Spending on Transportation Transportation Employment U.S. Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico

Rail Fatalities

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Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

Number of deaths

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-...

Air Fatalities

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Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

Number of general aviation deaths

Improved safety is the foremost goal of the United States Department of Transportation. The Federal Aviation Administration regulates safety, and the National Transportation Safety...

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...

Safety

Highway Fatalities Air Fatalities Rail Fatalities

Chapter 6 - The State of Transportation Statistics

Box 6-A Measuring the Economic Impact of For-Hire and In-House Transportation Figure 6-1 Value Added by Transportation Mode: 1997 Table 6-1 Major Information Gaps and Challenges Figure 6-2 Recent Fluctuations in Freight: January 2000–November 2012 Table 6-2 Examples of Safety Performance...