BTS provides first 2016 quarterly update to National Transportation Statistics reference guide

Updated Jan 26, 2016

Screen Shot 2016-01-22 at 12.58.36 PMThe U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics has released the first quarterly update of 2016 for the web-only National Transportation Statics report.

The update, released Friday, provides new information on 53 of the 260 tables of transportation data the report supplies, including the transportation system, safety, the economy and energy and the environment.

Tables updated for the transportation system section include:

Physical extent

  • Social and Economic Characteristics of the United States
  • System Mileage Within the United States
  • Number of U.S. Airports
  • S. Oil and Gas Pipeline Mileage
  • Vehicle, Aircraft and Vessel Inventory
  • Number of U.S. Aircraft, Vehicles, Vessels, and Other Conveyances
  • Period Sales, Market Shares, and Sales-Weighted Fuel Economies of New Domestic and Imported Automobiles

Condition

  • S. Airport Runway Pavement Conditions
  • Condition of U.S. Bridges

Travel and Goods Movement

  • S. Vehicle-Miles
  • Average Length of Haul, Domestic Freight and Passenger Modes
  • S. Passenger-Miles
  • Principal Means of Transportation to Work

Physical performance

  • Annual Person-Hours of Highway Traffic Delay per Person
  • Travel Time Index
  • Annual Highway Congestion Cost

Tables updated for the transportation and the economy  section include:

Transportation and the total economy

  • Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to Transportation Functions
  • GDP Attributed to Transportation Functions- 2009 chained dollars
  • Gross Domestic Demand (GDD) Attributed to Transportation Functions
  • GDD Attributed to Transportation Functions- 2009 chained dollars
  • Contributions to GDP: Selected Industries
  • Contributions to GDP: Selected Industries- 2009 chained dollars
  • GDP by Major Social Function
  • National Transportation and Economic Trends

Transportation and consumer expenditures

  • Sales Price of Transportation Fuel to End-Users
  • Price Trends of Gasoline v. Other Consumer Goods and Services
  • Personal Expenditures by Category
  • Personal Consumption Expenditures on Transportation by Subcategory
  • Average Cost of Owning and Operating an Automobile

Transportation revenues, employment and productivity

  • Average Passenger Revenue per Passenger-Mile
  • Average Freight Revenue per Ton-Mile

Tables updated for the transportation, energy and the environment section include:

Transportation energy consumption by mode

  • Fuel Consumption by Mode of Transportation
  • Energy Consumption by Mode of Transportation
  • Transit Industry Electric Power and Primary Energy Consumption and Travel

Transportation energy intensity and fuel efficiency

  • Energy Intensity of Passenger Modes
  • Energy Intensity of Certificated Air Carriers, All Services
  • Energy Intensity of Passenger Cars, Other 2-Axle 4-Tire Vehicles, and Motorcycles
  • Average Fuel Efficiency of U.S. Passenger Cars and Light Trucks
  • Annual Wasted Fuel Due to Congestion
  • Annual Wasted Fuel per Person