November 2021 North American Transborder Freight Up 25.2% from 2020; Up 21.3% from Pre-Pandemic November 2019

Air Travel Consumer Report: November 2021 Numbers

Third Quarter 2021 Average Air Fare Increases from Second Quarter, Still Down from Pre-Pandemic 2019

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U.S. Ports Work Through Daunting Challenges to Deliver the Goods

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Data Highlights

Freight Transportation Services Index

135.8 September 2021, + 3.2 pts from September 2020

Spending on Transportation Services

$397B 3rd Quarter 2021, + $76B from Q3 2020

Truck Transportation Employees

1.53M October 2021, +60K from Oct. 2020

Vehicle Miles Traveled

267B September 2021, +20B from September 2020

Air Transportation Employees

465K October 2021, +74K from October 2020

Bus Transit Passenger Trips

234M September 2021, +52M from September 2020

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January 28, 2022

BTS Updates Datasets to National Transportation Atlas Database

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics today released its winter 2022 update to the National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD), a set of nationwide geographic databases of transportation facilities, networks, and associated infrastructure.

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01/26/2022 Air Travel Consumer Report: November 2021 Numbers

01/24/2022 2022 Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Supply-Chain Feature

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Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2021

The TSAR is a yearbook of American transportation and presents an overview of the U.S. transportation system and key indicators, including data and statistics on passenger travel, freight movement, transportation and the economy, system reliability, safety, energy use, and the environmental impacts of transportation.

National Transportation Statistics 50th Anniversary Edition

The National Transportation Statistics (NTS) is a collection of transportation data first published in November 1971. This year, BTS celebrates the first half-century of NTS with a commemorative publication. This 50th anniversary edition includes links to digitized versions of the entire NTS collection and is the first NTS volume available in print since 2018.

2022 Pocket Guide to Transportation

The BTS Pocket Guide to Transportation is a popular, quick reference guide that provides transportation statistics at your fingertips. It provides key information and highlights major trends on the U.S. transportation system. The 2022 Pocket Guide is available online, as a PDF, or as a printed publication.