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Non-Modal

Legacy ID
1191

Freight by Mode since the Recession

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) has shown that all but one of the major freight modes grew since the recession that ended in June 2009 with rail intermodal growing the fastest, rising 50.6 percent from June 2009 (the end of the economic recession) to December 2016.

U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to Transportation Functions

a The market value of goods and services purchased by U.S. residents, regardless of where those goods and services were produced. It is gross domestic product (GDP) minus net exports of goods and services.

bExports minus Imports.

dFederal purchases and State and local purchases are the sum of consumption expenditures and gross investment.

eDefense-related purchases are the sum of transportation of material and travel.