Economic concepts related to the contribution of transportation to the economy

This site lists the Transportation Economic Trends (TET) topics, charts and tables, and the schedule of updates.

Freight Facts and Figures - Freight Transportation and the Economy

Page describes the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Transportation Services Index (TSI) which measures for-hire freight and passenger transportation volumes moved monthly

The Transportation Satellite Accounts (TSAs) provide a means for measuring the contribution of transportation services to the national economy. Prior to the TSAs, the magnitude of transportation services had long been underestimated, as most national measures counted only the value of for-hire services. Measurement of services provided only by for-hire firms misses the sizable contribution of transportation services that take place within nontransportation industries, termed as in-house transportation.

To more accurately measure transportation services, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, jointly developed the Transportation Satellite Accounts (TSAs). The TSAs, as a supplement to the U.S. Input-Output (I-O) Accounts, measure the contribution of both for-hire and in-house transportation. The TSAs include all seven of the for-hire transportation industries reported in the U.S. I-O accounts and four in-house transportation modes.

Transportation Public Finance Statistics (TPFS) provides information on transportation-related revenue and expenditures for all levels of government, including federal, state, and local, and for all modes of transportation.

Page describes the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Transportation Satellite Accounts (TSA), which measure the contribution of for-hire and in-house transportation to the economy.

Page describes the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Transportation Economic Data offerings.