Table 2. Passenger Airline Revenue from Fares 1990-2017, 3Q 2017

Table 1. 3rd Quarter Average Fare 1995-2017, Adjusted for Inflation

BTS Releases Transportation Economic Trends 2017

Friday, January 12, 2018 - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released Transportation Economic Trends 2017, BTS’s annual report on transportation and the economy. The 124-page report highlights important trends in transportation and the economy, and explains related economic concepts and data sources for a general audience.

TET 2017 - About this Report

About this Report

Transportation plays a vital role in the American economy: it makes economic activity possible, and serves as a major economic activity itself. Transportation Economic Trends 2017 highlights important trends in transportation and the economy, and explains related economic concepts and data sources for a general audience.

Organization

The report has eight chapters:

November 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, reached an all-time high in November, rising 0.2 percent in November from October, growing for the second consecutive month, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS). The November 2017 index level (130.8) was 38.1 percent above the April 2009 low during the most recent recession.

Freight Transportation Services Index, November 2012 - November 2017

November 2017 TSI Tables

Table 9: Combined Transportation Services Index from Year-to-Year, November 2017

Table 8: Combined Transportation Services Index Monthly Changes, 2014-2017, November 2017

Table 7: Passenger Transportation Services Index from Year-to-Year, November 2017