BTS Updates National Transportation Statistics 4/30/26

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released its April 2026 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. Ton-Miles of Freight (1-50, 1-50M)
• Contributions to U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Selected Industries (billions of current dollars) (3-7)
• Contributions to U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Selected Industries (billions of chained 2012 dollars) (3-8)
• National Transportation and Economic Trends (3-10)
• Personal Expenditures by Category (3-15)
• Personal Consumption Expenditures on Transportation by Subcategory (3-16)
• Average Cost of Owning and Operating an Automobile (3-17)
• Average Passenger Fares (3-18)
• Average Passenger Fares (chained 2012 dollars) (3-19)
• Employment in Transportation and Transportation-Related Occupations (3-24)
• Average Wage and Salary Accruals per Full-Time Equivalent Employee by Transportation Industry (3-25)
• Total Wage and Salary by Transportation Industry (3-27)
• Domestic Demand for Gasoline by Mode (4-7, 4-7M)

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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