Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Freight index unchanged in May, year-to-year up 4.3%

| July 11, 2012

The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry was unchanged in May from April after a one-month rise, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ Freight Transportation Services Index ...

Freight index down in March

| May 10, 2012

The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry fell 0.8 percent in March from February, declining after a one-month increase, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation ...

Federal freight index saw small gain in February

| April 11, 2012

The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 0.5 percent in February, following a one-month decline in January, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ Freight Transportation Services ...

NAFTA surface trade surges

| November 01, 2011

Surface transportation trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico in August was 18.3 percent higher than a year earlier, rising to $80.4 billion, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation ...

NAFTA trade up in July

| September 27, 2011

Surface transportation trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico increased 18.1 percent in July compared with a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. Department of Transportation. BTS reported ...

DOT freight index unchanged in July

| September 14, 2011

The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry remained unchanged in July from June, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ Freight Transportation Services Index released Sept. 14. BTS reported ...

Surface trade rises

| August 31, 2011

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and Canada and Mexico rose 11 percent in June over a year earlier to $ 77.5 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. ...

Freight TSI up in June

| August 11, 2011

For-hire freight as measured by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s index rose 2.6 percent in June from May and 4.1 percent from a year earlier. The increase in the Freight Transportation Services Index came after two ...

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