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Transportation Economic Trends

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration. Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Version:  View help for Version V1

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Project Citation: 

United States Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Transportation Economic Trends. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-03-05. https://doi.org/10.3886/E221503V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title Transportation Economic Trends
Summary:  View help for Summary Transportation Economic Trends (TET), developed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), highlights transportation's role in the economy and explores changes (trends) over time through a series of interactive charts. TET also explains related concepts and data sources for a general audience.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://data.bts.gov/Research-and-Statistics/Transportation-Economic-Trends-TET-data/tcq5-4pgu/about_data

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms transportation; economics; statistical data; freight
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1947 – 2033
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 1947 – 2025
Universe:  View help for Universe Transportation industry in the United States as related to economic outputs
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; event/transaction data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes This is the data that underlies the Bureua of Transportation Statistics interactive version of Transportation Economic Trends (TET). The TET is a combination of various other datasets that go back to 1947, and includes datasets that predict information for up to 2033. This does not mean that the dataset collection was till 2033, it includes data that was collected from 1947-2025.


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V2 [2026-04-27]

V1 [2025-03-05]

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