The Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration today released “America’s Container Ports: Freight Hubs That Connect Our Nation to Global Markets”, an overview of the movement of maritime freight handled by the nation’s container seaports in 2008 and trends in maritime freight movement since 1995.
The report covers the impact of the recent U.S. and global economic downturn on U.S. port container traffic, trends in container throughput, concentration of containerized cargo at the top U.S. ports, regional shifts in cargo handled, vessel calls and capacity in ports, the rankings of U.S. ports among the world’s top ports, and the number of maritime container entries into the United States relative to truck and rail containers.
The report can be found at http://www.bts.gov/publications/americas_container_ports/2009/ Contact Kim Riddle: 202-366-5128.
BTS Releases Report on Motorcycle Trends in the United States.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration today released “Motorcycle Trends in the United States”, a special report on the current and emerging trends involving street-legal motorcycles. The report covers the trends in vehicles, vehicle registrations, owner demographics, training and safety. The report can be found at http://www.bts.gov/publications/bts_special_report/2009_05_14/index.html Contact Kim Riddle: 202-366-5128.
Federal Highway Administration Releases April 2009 Traffic Volume Trends Data. To review the VMT data in FHWA’s “Traffic Volume Trends” reports, including that of April 2009, visit http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/tvtw/tvtpage.htm. Contact Doug Hecox: (202) 366-0660.
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