Transportation Economic Trends

Transportation Economic Trends (TET), developed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), highlights transportation's role in the economy and explores changes (trends) over time through a series of interactive charts. TET also explains related concepts and data sources for a general audience.
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Transportation as an Economic Indicator
Contribution of Transportation to the Economy
Value of Transportation Infrastructure and Other Assets
Government Transportation Revenues and Expenditures
Household Spending on Transportation
Cost of Transportation
Employment in Transportation
Transportation Productivity
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, is the preeminent source of statistics on commercial aviation, multimodal freight activity, and transportation economics, and provides context to decision makers and the public for understanding statistics on transportation.