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Not Trivial

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reports that U.S. airlines and foreign airlines serving the United States carried an all-time high of 928.9 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in 2016, 3.5% more than the previous record high of 897.9 million reached in 2015. The systemwide increase was the result of a 3.3% rise from 2015 in the number of passengers on domestic flights ... [+]

NAFTA Freight Volumes Diminish

Three transportation modes – air, vessel and truck – carried less U.S. freight by value with North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico in October 2016 compared to October 2015 as total freight on all modes decreased 3.6% to $93.2 billion in current dollars, according to the ... [+]

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