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General

Legacy ID
201

Transportation Employment

transportation_employment.xls

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

Employment in for-hire transportation industries is a signal of demand in the economy. In the May 2011 edition of Occupational Employment Statistics, 68 percent of employees in for-hire...

Personal Spending on Transportation

personal_spending_on_transportation.xls

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...

Transportation Services Index

transportation_services_index.xls

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...

Rail Fatalities

rail_fatalities.xls

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...

Air Fatalities

air_fatalities.xls

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

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

Highway Fatalities

highway_fatalities.xls

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) Traffic fatalities were...

Capital Expenditures

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

System Performance

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

Freight Usage

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

Passenger Usage

U.S. Airline Passengers U.S. Airline Revenue Passenger-Miles and Load Factor Amtrak Ridership Amtrak Revenue Passenger-Miles and Load Factor Transit Ridership