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The GDP value used to calculate percent contribution is larger than the GDP value published in the National Accounts, because it includes the contribution of household transportation.
This map is included in the Passenger Travel Facts and Figures 2016 publication.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) is sad to announce the passing of our first director, Dr. T.R. Lakshmanan.
Appointed as BTS Director by President Clinton and confirmed by the Senate in June 1994, Dr. Lakshmanan was reappointed in 1997 and served until February 1998...
Thursday, February 27, 2020 - National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a guide to historical national-level transportation trends was updated today.
The VIUS has been the principal data source on the physical and operational characteristics of the United States truck population. Its primary goal is to gain an understanding nationally and statewide on how trucks are being utilized for various goods transport. The first survey was conducted in 1963. It was then conducted every five years beginning in 1967 through 2002. Please see the Historical Data section below for access to this data.
KEY: NA = not applicable; R = revised; U = data are not available.
a Estimates are as of July 1 for each year. The numbers for each sub-category in each year may not add up to the total population due to rounding.
b New metropolitan area definitions were published by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 2003. These definitions were applied to population data by the Census Bureau beginning with the data from the 2000 Census. A new term, core based statistical areas (CBSAs), collectively refers to metropolitan and micropolitan statistical...
Thursday, November 21, 2019 - National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a guide to historical national-level transportation trends was updated today.