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Transportation Measures of Economic Activity

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Data

Transportation Services Index

Monthly data on freight and passenger volumes, 2000–present

  • Freight transportation services: air freight, trucking, waterborne, pipeline, rail carloads, and rail intermodal
  • Passenger transportation services: air passenger, rail passenger, and transit

Transportation Satellite Accounts

Annual data measuring total contribution of transportation to the economy and amount used by individual industries (e.g., manufacturing), 1996–2016

Freight Analysis Framework

Data on freight movement among states and metropolitan areas

REPORTS

Industry Snapshots

Report on role of transportation in production of goods and services by individual industries (8/2018)

Transportation Economic Trends

Archived reports