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May 6, 2009 Accounting and Reporting Directive, Number 290 - Air Carrier Groupings
This Accounting and Reporting Directive replaces Accounting and Reporting Directive 285, as Air Wisconsin Airline Corporation is now operating small aircraft in strictly domestic service and is being taken off the Air Carrier Grouping Listing.
May 6, 2009 Average 4th-Quarter Domestic Air Fares Drop from 3rd Quarter; Top 100 Airports: Highest Fare in Cincinnati, Lowest Fare at Dallas Love
Average domestic air fares in the fourth quarter of 2008 of $347 were 3.7 percent lower than the all-time quarterly high set in the third quarter but were still the highest for any fourth quarter on record, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.
April 30, 2009 February 2009 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Fell 30.9 Percent from February 2008
Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 30.9 percent lower in February 2009 than in February 2008, dropping to $47.9 billion, the biggest year-to-year percentage decline on record, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation. February was the fourth consecutive month with a yearly decline of greater than 13 percent.
April 23, 2009 Summary 2008 Traffic Data for U.S and Foreign Airlines: Total Passengers Down 3.5 Percent from 2007
The number of scheduled domestic and international passengers on U.S. airlines and on flights to and from the United States on foreign airlines declined in 2008 by 3.5 percent from 2007, dropping to 809 million, the Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today reported.
April 21, 2009 February 2009 Passenger Airline Employment Down 6.6 Percent from February 2008
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 6.6 percent fewer workers in February 2009 than in February 2008, the eighth consecutive decrease in full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels for the scheduled passenger carriers from the same month of the previous year, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. The February FTE total of 391,682 for the scheduled passenger carriers was an increase of 1,025 from January but still was second lowest total since 1993. FTE calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
April 17, 2009 2008 Border-Crossing Data
The number of truck crossings into the United States from Canada and Mexico was 10.8 million in 2008, 6.0 percent fewer than in 2007, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration.
April 16, 2009 January 2009 Airline Traffic Data: January 2009 System Traffic Down 10.9 Percent from January 2008
U.S. airlines carried 51.5 million scheduled domestic and international passengers in January 2009, 10.9 percent less than they did in January 2008, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today reported in a release of preliminary data.
April 10, 2009 Estimation and Analysis of Multifactor Productivity in Truck Transportation: 1987-2003
This paper has three objectives: 1) to estimate multifactor productivity (MFP) in truck transportation during 1987-2003; 2) to examine changes in multifactor productivity in U.S. truck transportation, over time, and to compare these changes to MFP of the U.S. business sector and other transportation subsectors; and 3) to assess the factors that affected changes of MFP in truck transportation over the period of analysis.
April 10, 2009 National Transportation Statistics 2009 - First Quarter Update
This report presents basic information on America's transportation system.
April 9, 2009 Airline On-Time Performance Improves In February
The nation’s largest airlines had a higher rate of on-time flights this past February than in either February of last year or in January 2009, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
April 8, 2009 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Rose 2.0 Percent in February from January
The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) rose 2.0 percent in February from its January level, rising from its lowest level in more than five years, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.
April 3, 2009 Key Transportation Indicators
This report provides timely, 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 on a regular basis on the BTS website.
March 31, 2009 January 2009 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Fell 27.2 Percent from January 2008
Surface transportation trade between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 27.2 percent lower in January 2009 than in January 2008, dropping to $47.5 billion, the biggest year-to-year percentage decline on record, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The $47.5 billion in U.S.-NAFTA trade in January 2009 was the lowest monthly amount since January 2004.
March 18, 2009 2008 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 4.1 Percent from 2007
Surface transportation trade between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 4.1 percent higher in 2008 than in 2007, reaching $830 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The 4.1 percent rate of growth was the smallest year-to-year growth rate since 2003.
March 17, 2009 January 2009 Passenger Airline Employment Down 6.9 Percent from January 2008
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 6.9 percent fewer workers in January 2009 than in January 2008, the seventh consecutive decrease in full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels for the scheduled passenger carriers from the same month of the previous year and the largest year-to-year decrease since December 2003, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today (Table 2). The January FTE total of 390,000 for the scheduled passenger carriers was the lowest total since 1993. FTE calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
March 16, 2009 BTS Special Report: Maritime Vessels Carry More Than Half of Growing U.S.-East Africa Trade
This report examines the growing trade between the United States and East African countries (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda).
March 12, 2009 December 2008 Airline Traffic Data: System Traffic Down 5.7 Percent in December from 2007 and Down 3.7 Percent in 2008
The number of scheduled domestic and international passengers on U.S. airlines in December 2008 declined by 5.7 percent from December 2007, dropping by 3.4 million to 57.4 million, the Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. December was the 10th consecutive month with a decrease in passengers from 2007.
March 11, 2009 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Fell 2.3 Percent in January from December
The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) fell 2.3 percent in January from its December level, falling for the third consecutive month to its lowest level in more than five years, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.
March 11, 2009 Airline On-Time Performance Improves In January
The nation's largest airlines had a higher rate of on-time flights this past January than in either January of last year or in December 2008, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
March 3, 2009 December 2008 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Fell 13.1 Percent from December 2007
Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, Canada and Mexico, was 13.1 percent lower in December 2008 than in December 2007, dropping to $52.9 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation. December was the second straight month with a year-to-year decline of greater than 13 percent.
February 23, 2009 P-10 - Annual Employee Statistics by Labor Category, 1990-2007
New and updated data are available.
February 18, 2009 December 2008 Passenger Airline Employment Data Down 6.7 Percent from December 2007
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 6.7 percent fewer workers in December 2008 than in December 2007, the sixth consecutive decrease in full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels for the scheduled passenger carriers from the same month of the previous year and the largest year-to-year decrease since December 2003, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. The December FTE total of 391,918 for the scheduled passenger carriers was the lowest total since 1993. FTE calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
February 12, 2009 Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Significant Accomplishments Fiscal Year 2008
This report summarizes how BTS creates, manages and shares transportation statistical knowledge and supports DOT goals.
February 12, 2009 November 2008 Airline Traffic Data: System Traffic Down 12.8 Percent in November from 2007 and Down 3.5 Percent for January-to-November
The number of scheduled domestic and international passengers on U.S. airlines in November 2008 declined by 12.8 percent from November 2007, dropping by 7.9 million to 54.0 million in the largest decrease from the same month of the previous year since January 2002, the Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today reported. November was the ninth consecutive month with a decrease in passengers from 2007.
February 11, 2009 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Fell 2.3 Percent in December from November
The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) fell 2.3 percent in December from its November level, falling for the second consecutive month, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.
February 10, 2009 BTS Special Report: North American Trade Growth Continued in 2007
This report examines the rapid growth rates, modal distribution, top gateways, and major commodities of U.S.-NAFTA trade and looks at U.S.-NAFTA trade volume by state.
February 9, 2009 BTS Special Report: Making Connections: Intermodal Links Between Scheduled Passenger Ferries and Other Public Transportation Modes
This report highlights data from the second phase of the BTS Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database that is being developed as a nationwide census of passenger terminals and intermodal services provided at those terminals.
February 3, 2009 Key Transportation Indicators - November 2008
This report provides timely, 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 on a regular basis on the BTS website.
January 29, 2009 November 2008 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Fell 13.8 Percent from November 2007
The value of trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 13.8 percent lower in November 2008 than in November 2007, dropping to $60.7 billion, the biggest year-to-year decline in almost eight years, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
January 28, 2009 Average Third-Quarter Domestic Air Fares Reach Highest Quarterly Level; Top 100 Airports: Highest Fare in Cincinnati, Lowest Fare at Dallas Love
Average domestic air fares in the third quarter of 2008 reached $362, the highest level of average fares for any quarter in the 13 years measured by available data, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.
January 27, 2009 National Transportation Statistics 2008 - Fourth Quarter Update
This report presents basic information on America's transportation system.
January 16, 2009 November 2008 Passenger Airline Employment Down 6.5 Percent from November 2007
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 6.5 percent fewer workers in November 2008 than in November 2007, the fifth consecutive decrease in full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels for the scheduled passenger carriers from the same month of the previous year and the largest year-to-year decrease since November 2005, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. The November FTE total of 392,185 for the scheduled passenger carriers was the lowest total since 1993. FTE calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
January 16, 2009 Pocket Guide to Transportation 2009
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), has published the Pocket Guide to Transportation 2009 – a 50-page quick reference guide to informative transportation data.
January 15, 2009 October 2008 Airline Traffic Data: System Traffic Down 7.1 Percent in October from 2007 and Down 2.6 Percent for January-to-October
The number of scheduled domestic and international passengers on U.S. airlines during October 2008 declined by 7.1 percent from October 2007, dropping by 4.6 million to 59.6 million, in the 8th consecutive monthly decline from the same month of the previous year, the Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today reported. The October system passenger number was the lowest October number since 2003.
January 14, 2009 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Fell 1.4 Percent in November from October
The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) fell 1.4 percent in November from its October level, falling after a one-month rise, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.
January 14, 2009 November Airline On-Time Performance Improves from Last Year
The nation's largest airlines had a higher rate of on-time flights this past November than in the same month last year, although the rate of delays was higher than in October 2008, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
January 9, 2009 Major Transportation Facilities of the United States 2009 Map
This map shows Interstate and other major highways, Amtrak and other rail lines, navigable waterways and major ports, major airports, urbanized areas and urban rail transit, border crossings, and selected national parks and monuments.
January 9, 2009 Pocket Guide to Transportation 2009
This report is a quick reference to the changes in the U.S. transportation system since 1970 and how they have affected the nation's economy, safety, energy use, and the environment.
January 9, 2009 Maritime Trade and Transportation 2007
This report presents major trends in the commercial water transportation industry, which provides freight and passenger travel services in domestic and international markets, and port and cargo-handling services.
January 8, 2009 October 2008 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Fell 2.1 Percent from October 2007
Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 2.1 percent lower in October 2008 than in October 2007, reaching $72.7 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation.


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