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Transportation Satellite Account Methodology

Discussion of the methods used to produce the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Transportation Satellite Accounts (TSAs). The TSAs provide a comprehensive measure of transportation activity (e.g., trucking carried out by groceries to move goods from distribution centers to stores and driving by...

A Transportation Finance Statistics Makeover

Today, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) released Transportation Public Finance Statistics (TPFS), for the first time. TPFS provides information on transportation-related revenue and expenditures for all levels of Government, including Federal, state, and local, and for all modes of...

U.S. Cargo and Passenger Airlines Gained 511 Jobs in April 2024

U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment increased to 800,807 workers in April 2024, 511 (0.06%) more workers than in March 2024 (800,296). U.S. scheduled-service passenger airlines employed 541,445 workers in April 2024, or 68% of the industry-wide total....