Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

New in our digital repository, ROSA P this week: "Utilizing Video Analytics With Connected Vehicles for Improved Safety – Research Report" at rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/89576 and more recent additions at rosap.ntl.bts.gov/browse/recent.

BTS Data Release: North American Transborder Freight decreased 5.5% in January 2026 from January 2025 The total North American transborder freight was $126.9 billion moved by all modes of transportation, decreasing 5.5% compared to January 2025. bts.gov/newsroom/north…

BTS Data Release: Airline Service Quality Performance Data – December 2025 Today, @USDOT released its Airline Service Quality Performance data compiled for the month of December 2025 for on-time performance, mishandled baggage, mishandled wheelchairs, and scooters. bts.gov/newsroom/airli…

BTS Data Release: Transportation Producer Price Index (PPI) – February 2026 PPI measures inflation from the perspective of costs to industry or producers of products. From February 2025-February 2026, PPI shows that prices increased for freight transportation and equipment 2.2%. Transportation equipment PPI shows price changes faced by transportation providers, and any increase, increases providers costs. bts.gov/newsroom/trans…

BTS Data Release: U.S. Cargo and Passenger Airlines Lost 15,011 Jobs in January 2026 The U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment decreased to 1,028,803 workers in January 2026. This is a decrease of 15,011 (1.44%) fewer workers than in December 2025 (1,043,814). bts.gov/newsroom/us-ca…

BTS Data Release: Transportation Consumer Price Index (CPI) – February 2026 The CPI for all transportation goods and services fell 0.5% from February 2025 to February 2026. Transportation dampened the 2.4% increase in the price of all goods and services by 3.6%, per the CPI. Airline fare contributed the most to inflation, rising 7.1% year-over-year and contributing 2.8% to the annual change in the price of all goods and services. bts.gov/newsroom/trans…

BTS Data Release: The January 2026 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Fell 0.6% from December 2025 and Fell 0.3% from January 2025 The Freight TSI fell 0.6% in January from December, falling for the month after two months of growth. From January 2025 to January 2026 the index fell 0.3%. The freight TSI measures the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry. bts.gov/newsroom/janua…

NTL Announcement: This month's Transportation Librarians Roundtable (TLR) is Thursday at 2 p.m. NTL hosts the TLR, a monthly conference series, to provide transportation librarians with opportunities to learn more about issues of mutual interest: transportation.libguides.com/TLR. This month our speaker will be Megan Minta, Collection Development Librarian at the U.S. Government Printing Office, and her presentation is titled “The Digital-First Federal Depository Library Program.”

New in our digital repository ROSA P this week: "Artificial Intelligence in Transportation" at rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/89224 and more recent additions at rosap.ntl.bts.gov/browse/recent.

BTS Data Release: February 2026 U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment (4.9%) Rises Above the February 2025 Level (4.7%) The unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 4.9% (not seasonally adjusted) in February 2026. Seasonally adjusted, employment in the transportation and warehousing sector fell to 6,531,700 in February 2026 — down 0.2% from the previous month and down 2.4% from February 2025. bts.gov/newsroom/febru…

BTS Data Release: U.S. Airlines’ January 2026 Aviation Fuel Consumption down 10.8%, and Fuel Cost per Gallon up 1.8% from December 2025 The cost per gallon of airline fuel in January 2026 ($2.36) was up 4 cents (1.8%) from December 2025 ($2.32) and down 6 cents (2.7%) from January 2025 ($2.42). Total January 2026 fuel expenditure ($3.40B) was down 9.2% from December 2025 ($3.74B) and down 3.7% from January 2025 ($3.53B). bts.gov/newsroom/us-ai…

BTS Data Release: Motor Fuel Prices – February 2026 In February 2026, the average price for regular motor gasoline was $2.91 per gallon; up 3.5% from January 2026 and down 6.8% from February 2025. By region (year-over-year change): - West Coast: $3.98 (down 2.5%) - Central Atlantic: $2.96 (down 6.6%) - New England: $2.84 (down 5.4%) - Lower Atlantic: $2.75 (down 6.8%) - Midwest: $2.67 (down 9.5%) - Rocky Mountain: $2.66 (down 11.7%) - Gulf Coast: $2.48 (down 8.4%) The average price for diesel no. 2 was $3.72 in February 2026, up 5.6% from January 2026, and up 1.3% from February 2025. bts.gov/newsroom/motor…

New in our digital repository, ROSA P: "Career Opportunities in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)" at rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/89169 and more recent additions at rosap.ntl.bts.gov/browse/recent.

BTS Data Release: Transportation Producer Price Index (PPI) – January 2026 Today, BTS released the change in the costs faced by producers purchasing transportation services and industries producing them, from January 2025 to January 2026, as measured by PPI. PPI measures inflation from the perspective of costs to industry or producers of products. Transportation equipment PPI indicate the changes in transportation equipment prices faced by transportation providers, and any increase, increases providers costs. PPI shows that prices increased for freight transportation and equipment 2.3% in January 2026 from January 2025. bts.gov/newsroom/trans…

BTS Data Release: National Transportation Statistics (NTS), February 2026 Update Today BTS released its monthly update to NTS, a guide to historical national-level transportation trends, including: - The extent, condition, use, and performance of the physical transportation network and infrastructure; - Safety information including accidents, crashes, fatalities, and injuries for each transportation mode and for hazardous materials movement; - Transportation’s impact on the economy, including gross domestic product, employment by industry and occupation, and transportation-related consumer and Government expenditures; and - Transportation’s impact on energy use. bts.gov/newsroom/natio…

BTS Data Release: North American Transborder Freight increased 1.2% in December 2025 from December 2024 Total transborder freight: $127.8 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, increasing 1.2% compared to December 2024 - Between U.S. and Canada: $57.3B - Between U.S. and Mexico: $70.5B - Trucks moved $81.6B - Railways moved $13.9B - Pipelines moved $9.2B - Vessels moved $8.5B - Air moved $6.5B bts.gov/newsroom/north…

BTS Data Release: Transportation Services Contributed 6.3% to U.S. GDP in 2024; down from 2023 and from a high of 6.6% in 2022 Transportation services (for-hire, in-house, and household) contributed $1.9 trillion (6.3%) to an enhanced U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) of $29.8 trillion in 2024. bts.gov/newsroom/trans…

BTS Data Release: Border Crossing Data Annual Release: 2025 Personal vehicles are the primary mode of transportation for entering the U.S. by land, with 94.4 million crossings in 2025. Pedestrian traffic showed steady growth in 2025, increasing by 9.9% year-over-year to 45.1 million, primarily comprising of crossings from Mexico, with 44.8 million entries. Commercial truck traffic saw a slight 2.4% dip in 2025 compared to the previous year. Truck crossings is the only major mode that has grown since 2019, a 6.1% increase from pre-pandemic levels. bts.gov/newsroom/borde…

New this week in our digital repository, ROSA P: "No Such Thing as Free Parking: Construction Costs in 17 U.S. Cities" at rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/89105 and more recent additions at rosap.ntl.bts.gov/browse/recent.

Interested in joining the U.S. Department of Transportation? Applications for the 1DOT Internship Program are open through February 26, 2026. Spend your summer building the future of transportation in Washington, DC or Cambridge, MA. 🇺🇸 Apply now: usajobs.gov/job/857747000