BTS Updates National Transportation Statistics 12/30/2025

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released its monthly update to National Transportation Statistics(NTS),a guide to historical national-level transportation trends.

Each month, BTS updates NTS with transportation statistics from across the following areas:

• 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.

This month, the following tables received new data:

• U.S. Oil and Gas Pipeline Mileage (1-10)
• Freight Activity in the United States (1-58)
• Value, Tons, and Ton-Miles of Freight Shipments within the U.S. by Domestic Establishments (1-59)
• Transportation Accidents by Mode (2-3)
• Highway-Rail Grade-Crossing Safety and Property Damage Data (2-5)
• Prohibited Items Intercepted at Airport Screening Checkpoints (2-16)
• Transit Safety Data by Mode for All Reported Incidents (2-34)
• Labor Productivity Indices for Selected Transportation Industries (3-28)
• Energy Intensity of Transit Motor Buses (4-24, 4-24M)
• Air Pollution Trends in Selected Metropolitan Statistical Areas (4-51)
• Rail Profile

NTS is a collection of transportation data first published by BTS in November 1971. NTS has grown to over 200 regularly updated datasets and tables after incorporating materials from other Department of Transportation programs.

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