Friday, April 3, 2009 - The U.S. Department of
Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today updated its Key
Transportation Indicators with the addition of new tables on Transportation
Employment and Personal Spending on Transportation. The new tables bring to 16 the total number
of transportation indicators tracked by BTS. Indicators are drawn from BTS and other sources to
provide timely, easily accessible information for the transportation community. BTS also updated the following tables as part
of the Key Transportation Indicators update: Transportation
Services Index; Air Travel Price Index; Domestic Airline Jet Fuel; Motor Fuel
Prices: Retail Diesel Prices; Motor Fuel Prices: Retail Gasoline Prices; U.S.
Highway Vehicle Miles Traveled; Amtrak Ridership; Index of Railroad Fuel Prices; Rail
Capacity Utilization: Rail Passenger Load Factor; Rail Freight: Revenue Ton-Miles; Rail
On-Time Performance; Use of Passenger Rail: Revenue Passenger Miles; and U.S.
Surface Trade U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico. Key Transportation Indicators can be found here: http://www.bts.gov/publications/key_transportation_indicators/november_2008/index.html
