Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

BTS Data Release: Docked Bikeshare Trips – February 2025 From February 2024 to February 2025, docked bikeshare trips starting and ending at a docking station on six of the largest systems fell 5.7%. https://lnkd.in/eJe68Ztg

BTS Data Release: Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR), December 2024 & Full-Year 2024 Numbers ATCR includes airline operational data compiled for the month of December 2024 and calendar year 2024 for on-time performance, mishandled baggage, mishandled wheelchairs and scooters, and oversales. ATCR is designed to assist consumers with information on the quality of services provided by airlines.  For December 2024, 0.7% of flights were cancelled, higher than the 0.4% cancellation rate for December 2023. Overall in 2024, 1.4% of flights were cancelled, higher than the 1.3% cancellation rate in 2023. https://lnkd.in/efechYw4

BTS Data Release: December 2024 U.S. Airline Traffic Data Up 5.9% from December 2023 U.S. airlines carried 83.3 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in December 2024. BTS reported 72.1M domestic passengers and 11.2M international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in December, not adjusting for seasonality. When adjusted for seasonality, December enplanements are up 0.2% from November 2024. https://lnkd.in/enHMBvES

BTS Data Release: Transportation Producer Price Index – February 2025 Transportation equipment Producer Price Index (PPI) indicate the changes in transportation equipment prices faced by transportation providers, and any increase, increases providers costs. The PPI shows that prices increased for freight transportation and equipment 1.5% in February 2025 from February 2024. https://lnkd.in/efd979_W

BTS Data Release: January 2025 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Down 0.4% from December 2024 and Up 1.9% from January 2024 In January 2025, the level of for-hire freight shipments was 137.1. https://lnkd.in/e9QpZbzp

BTS Data Release: Motor Fuel Prices – February 2025 In February 2025, the average price for regular motor gasoline was $3.12; up 1.5% from January 2025. The February 2025 price for regular motor gasoline was down 2.8% from February 2024. https://lnkd.in/ehj28xqe

BTS Data Release: U.S. Airlines’ January 2025 Fuel Cost per Gallon up 4.2% from December 2024; Aviation Fuel Consumption down 0.6% from Pre-Pandemic January 2020. https://lnkd.in/eHRK_h3e In January 2025, the U.S. airline industry' average fuel cost was $2.42 per gallon, which is 4.2% increase from December 2024. Airlines also used 1.453 billion gallons of fuel in January 2025, which is 8.9% less fuel than in December 2024.

New NTL Collection: 2024 Data Spotlights: The National Transportation Library has archived and digitized the BTS Data Spotlights from 2024 in a new series of collections, and there is more to come. https://lnkd.in/ezD2cHVd

BTS Announcement: Commodity Flow Survey Estimates Only Three Months Away! On Tuesday, May 20, 2025, BTS will release the estimates for the 2022 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS). CFS is conducted every five years for BTS by the U.S. Census Bureau as part of the Economic Census. https://lnkd.in/eVcySCFk

BTS Data Release: North American Transborder Freight rose 3.9% in December 2024 from December 2023 In December 2024, North American transborder freight reached $126.3 billion. https://lnkd.in/eV7Vd4q9