North American Transborder Freight up 22.6% in September 2022 from September 2021

U.S. Cargo and Passenger Airlines Added 8,404 Jobs in September 2022; Employment Remains 4.6% Above Pre-Pandemic September 2019

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Low Water on the Mississippi Slows Critical Freight Flows

Scant rainfall severely hampers barge shipments

Data Highlights

Regular Gasoline Price per Gallon

$3.52 February 2022, +$1.02 from February 2021

State, Local Gov't Spending on Parking Facilities

$43M January 2022, - $48M from January 2021

Rail Transit Ridership

172M January 2022, +59M from January 2021

Air Transportation Employees

527K February 2022, +91K from February 2021

Docked Bikeshare Trips

1.67M February 2022, +128K from February 2021

Automobile Sales

200K January 2022, -50K from January 2021

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November 23, 2022

Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 22)

Congress passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 22) in June 2022. Section 16 of the congressional mandate requires the Bureau of Transportation Statistics to produce statistics on "the total street dwell time from all causes of marine containers and chassis and the average out of service percentage of chassis."

11/21/2022 Low Water on the Mississippi Slows Critical Freight Flows

11/18/2022 North American Transborder Freight up 22.6% in September 2022 from September 2021

11/17/2022 Transportation Services Contributed 5.6% to U.S. GDP in 2021; an Increase from 5.4% in 2020 but Below 5.8% in 2019

11/14/2022 August 2022 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

COVID & Transportation

Weekly COVID-19 Transportation Statistics

Learn how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected freight and passenger transportation in the U.S.

Making Transportation Count for 30 Years

A lot has changed since 1992!

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Well Control Equipment Systems Safety – 2020 Annual Report

The WCE Annual Report provides information on well control equipment (WCE) failures that occurred in the course of rig well operations in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf during the calendar year. It is produced by the BTS SafeOCS program.

Final Economic Demand Attributed to Transportation in 2020

This article discusses gross domestic product (GDP)—a measure of economic activity—attributed to the demand for transportation relative to other goods and services. The contribution of transportation services to GDP is an alternative measure of transportation's direct contribution to the economy.