Government Transportation Financial Statistics is no longer being updated by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics as of June 2024!

It is being replaced by our new product, Transportation Public Financial Statistics (TPFS) which provides more granularity by expanding the categories of revenues and expenditures. The new dataset can be found:
https://data.bts.gov/Research-and-Statistics/Transportation-Public-Financial-Statistics-TPFS-/6aiz-ybqx/about_data

Further information about the TPFS can be found at: https://www.bts.gov/tpfs

The government plays an important role in the U.S. transportation system, as a provider of transportation infrastructure and as an administrator and regulator of the system. The government spends a large amount of funds on building, rehabilitating, maintaining, operating, and administering the infrastructure system. Government revenue generated from several sources including user fees, taxes from transportation and non-transportation-related activities, borrowing, and grants from federal, state, and local governments primarily supports these activities.

Government Transportation Financial Statistics (GTFS) provides a set of maps, charts, and tables with information on transportation-related revenue and expenditures for all levels of government, including federal, state, and local, and for all modes of transportation.

Related tables can be found in National Transportation Statistics, Section 3.D - Government Finance (https://www.bts.gov/topics/national-transportation-statistics).

For further information, data definitions, and methodology, see https://www.bts.gov/gtfs

Monthly motor fuel sales reported by states from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administrations' Monthly Motor Fuel Report, available at: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/motorfuelhwy_trustfund.cfm

Includes only gallons taxed by the state and reported by wholesale distributors to State motor fuel tax agencies. It includes highway use, non-highway use, and losses.

Unique listing of reported 2017 calendar year ferry segments as surveyed in the 2018 NCFO.

Reported calendar year 2017 segments as surveyed in the 2018 NCFO.

Some segments are reported by more than one ferry operator.

This table shows the number and percent of people in the United States potentially exposed to different levels of noise from road sources.

Tax rates on motor fuel by type and state from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administrations' Monthly Motor Fuel Report, available at: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/motorfuelhwy_trustfund.cfm

All States levy volume taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel. Traditionally, State fuel tax rates could only be changed with legislation, but as of 2021, 10 States have variable rate motor fuel taxes. These taxes are adjusted at specified intervals annually, semi-annually, or quarterly. Adjustments to variable tax rates are announced by State tax agencies shortly before the effective date of the change.

The fuel tax rate is collected annually and therefore the semi-annual and quarterly adjustments are not captured in the data.

Reported 2017 calendar year ferry terminals as surveyed by the 2018 NCFO.

Some terminals are reported by more than one ferry operator.

Trips by Distance data with additional county transportation statistics