This report provides an overview of freight transportation, focusing on the volume and value of freight shipments, the extent of the freight network, industry employment and productivity patterns, its safety record, energy use, and related environmental effects. Economic and social characteristics of the United States also are provided as backgroun
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2007-10-01
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BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs
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While it is difficult to predict how individuals will use increases in their real income in the future, it is clear that historically some of that increase has been used to acquire a household vehicle or increase the number of household vehicles. Higher incomes, along with increased vehicle availability, have enabled individuals to travel more and
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2007-09-01
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BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs
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Since at least 1991, federal transportation policy has sought to encourage intermodal connections – the links that allow passengers to switch from one mode of public transportation to another. The intermodal terminal is a key building block for developing connectivity because travelers can only transfer directly between modes if there is a place to
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2007-09-01
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BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs
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Bridges are an integral part of the U.S. highway network, providing links across natural barriers, passage over railroads and highways, and freeway connections. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) maintains a database of our nation's highway bridges—the National Bridge Inventory (NBI)—with detailed information on all public road bridges great
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2007-09-01
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BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs
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The TSI provides a monthly measure of freight and passenger service. Statistical and economic techniques are used to present the output of the different transportation modes in comparable terms, adjusted to correct for the seasonal nature of transportation. The TSI consists of two indexes, a freight TSI and a passenger TSI, which are then combined
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United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
2007-08-01
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Multimodal Transportation Indicators
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This report provides timely and easily accessible information for the transportation community. It was developed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), and is updated every two months on the BTS website. The indicators fall under two broad categories: those that provide context about the eco
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United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
2007-08-01
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Multimodal Transportation Indicators
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This report provides timely and easily accessible information for the transportation community. It was developed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), and is updated every two months on the BTS website. The indicators fall under two broad categories: those that provide context about the eco
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Domestic freight traffic carried by air, truck, rail, water, and pipeline totaled more than 4.5 trillion ton-miles in 2005—an increase of more than 350 billion over the 1996 total. This 8.7 percent growth in ton-miles, the primary physical measure of freight transportation output, reflects a 0.9 percent compound annual growth rate between 1996 and
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2007-06-01
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BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs
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The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has developed an innovative software tool, called GeoMiler, that is helping researchers better estimate freight travel. GeoMiler is being used to compute mileages along likely routes for the nearly 6 million freight shipments expected to be reported in the 2007 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS), the nation's
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2007-05-01
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BTS Special Reports and Issue Briefs
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Freight Transportation between the United States and our North American Free Trade Agreement partners – Canada and Mexico – continues to grow at a strong pace. In 2006, the U.S. transportation system carried goods for export worth $364 billion and imports worth $502 billion in trade with Canada and Mexico. Transporting this merchandise requires an
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2007-04-12
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National Transportation Statistics (NTS)
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Compiled and published by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), National Transportation Statistics presents information on the U.S. transportation system, including its physical components, safety record, economic performance, energy use, and environmental impacts. National Transportation Statistics is a
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The T-100 "Air Carrier Traffic and Capacity Data by Non-Stop Segment and On-Flight Market" actually contains 5 reports. Two are provided by the U. S. Air Carriers – Non-Stop Segment data and On-Flight Market data. As of October 2002, T-1, T-2 and T-3 reports are calculated using the carrier's segment and market data. Non-stop Segment and On-flight
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Five decades ago, the containership revolution started in the United States, changing how the United States and the world handle international freight transportation. In 2006, world maritime container traffic was estimated at 417 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) (loaded and empty) — 10 percent more than the 378 million TEUs transported i
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United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
2007-01-01
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The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) was established within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) in 1992 to collect, report, and analyze transportation data for all modes of transportation. Today, BTS is a component of the DOT Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA). RITA coordinates the U.S. Department of Transport
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United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
2007-01-01
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RTF
This CD is derived from monthly T-100 Segment/Market reports. This data bank presents traffic data (i.e., revenue passenger-miles and revenue ton-miles for all classes of passengers and cargo), capacity (i.e., available seat-miles and available ton-miles), and certain aircraft statistics (i.e., aircraft hours and fuels and oils issued) for one airc
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United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
2007-01-01
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This CD presents nonstop operations (segments) as reported by U.S. air carriers. These data are releasable after a 3 year confidentiality period and include U.S. Air Carrier foreign point to foreign point traffic. These data fields contain information by aircraft type and service class for departures performed, available capacity and seats, passeng
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United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
2007-01-01
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This CD presents nonstop operations (segments) as reported by U.S. air carriers. These data are releasable after a 3 year confidentiality period and include U.S. Air Carrier foreign point to foreign point traffic. These data fields contain information by aircraft type and service class for departures performed, available capacity and seats, passeng
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United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
2007-01-01
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Government Transportation Financial Statistics (GTFS)
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Government Transportation Financial Statistics (GTFS) consists of transportation revenues and expenditures for Federal, state and local governments. In addition, the GTFS contains data by revenue source, expenditure type, and by mode of transportation. Tables categories include: highway, transit, railroads, air, water, pipeline and general support.
United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
2007-01-01
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Air Carrier Financial Statistics (Yellow Book)
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This report presents airline financial statistics obtained from carrier reports to DOT on BTS Form 41 financial schedules. Effective with a rule (ER-1297) adopted July 1982, the filing frequency for income statement and balance sheet data was changed from quarterly to semiannually for medium regional carriers with annual operating revenue less than
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United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
2007-01-01
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Pocket Guide to Transportation
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The Bureau of Transportation Statistics compiled the data in this guide from multiple sources. The guide is divided into six sections and a glossary: (1) System Extent and Use, (2) Safety, (3) Security, (4) Mobility, (5) Economy, (6) Environment, and (7) Glossary
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