Rail Tank Car Safety Report

Friday, September 22, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has submitted Fleet Composition of Rail Tank Cars That Transport Flammable Liquids:2013–2016, its first report to Congress measuring the industry-wide progress in manufacturing and...

Figure 3. International U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Quarterly Net Income, 2Q 2017

Figure 2. Domestic U.S. Scheduled Service Passenger Airlines Quarterly Net Income, 2Q 2017

Rail Tank Car Safety Report

July 2017 Passenger Airline Employment Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 3.5 percent more workers in July 2017 than in July 2016, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. July was the highest monthly full-time equivalent (FTE) employment total (428,209) since January 2005 (430,780) and was the 45th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airlines' FTEs exceeded the same month of the previous year.

Travel Time Index

KEY: NA = not applicable; R = revised.

Very large urban areas – 3 million and over population.

Large urban areas – 1 million to less than 3 million population.

Medium urban areas – 500,000 to less than 1 million population.

Small urban areas – less than 500,000 population.

^a Rank is based on the calculated percent change with the highest number corresponding to a rank of 1.

^b  Averages weighted by Vehicle Miles Traveled.

Table 1. Systemwide Passenger Enplanements on U.S. Airlines, Seasonally-Adjusted, June 2017

Areas in Nonattainment of National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Criteria Pollutants

KEY: O₃ = ozone; Pb = lead; PM-10 = particulate matter smaller than 10 micrometers; PM-2.5 = particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers; SO₂ = sulfur dioxide.

^a  States are listed alphabetically. Some states on a row may be nonattainment for some pollutants and not for others in the general area. A multi-state area with states that have not all been redesignated to maintenance is counted as a nonattainment area until all of the states in the area are redesignated, with the whole area...

Federal Exhaust Emissions Standards for Newly Manufactured and In-Use Aircraft Engines

KEY: CO = carbon monoxide; g = gram; g/kN = grams of pollutant per kilonewtons of thrust; HC = hydrocarbon, kN = kilonewtons; kW = kilowatt; NOx = nitrogen oxides; rO = rated output, which is the maximum power or thrust available for takeoff; rPR = rated pressure ratio. 

^a Federal standards apply to all planes operating in the United States, regardless of where they were manufactured.  This table primarily displays exhaust emissions standards for newly manufactured aircraft engines.  Only two standards (smoke standards) have been set for in-use aircraft...

World Motor Vehicle Production, Selected Countries

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised; U = data are not available; Z = no activity, or a value of zero, or value too small to report.

^a Does not include minivans, pickups, and sport utility vehicles.

^b Formerly Czechoslovakia and Ward's does not report a number for Slovakia before 2005.

^cYugoslavia no longer exists and Ward's does not report numbers for countries that were previously a part of Yugoslavia.

^d Includes all trucks and buses. Light trucks, such as pickups, sport utility vehicles, and...