The U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today updated a special tabulation of ton-miles of freight by mode for 2006. BTS estimates for air, truck, rail, water, and pipelines were developed using a more comprehensive approach than was used in prior estimates. The special tabulation shows that freight ton-miles increased 1.4 percent from 2005 to 2006. Ton-miles by rail increased 6.9 percent from 2005 to 2006, the most of any mode. The new tabulation, with modal numbers through 2006, can be found here:

http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_01_46b.html BTS also updated the following tables as part of the quarterly National Transportation Statistics update: Annual U.S. Motor Vehicle Production and Factory (Wholesale) Sales (Table 1-15);;Retail New Passenger Car Sales (1-16); World Motor Vehicle Production, Selected Countries (1-22); U.S. Waterborne Freight (1-50); FAA-Cited Causes of Departure and En Route Delays (1-61); U.S. Commuter Air Carrier Safety Data (2-10); U.S. Air Carrier Fatal Accidents by First Phase of Operation (2-11); Occupant Fatalities by Vehicle Type and Nonoccupant Fatalities (2-19); Transit Safety Data by Mode (2-32; 2-33a); Hazardous Liquid and Natural Gas Pipeline Safety and Property Damage Data (2-46); Federal, State, and Local Government

Transportation-Related Revenues and Expenditures (3-25b); Summary of Transportation Revenues and Expenditures from Own Funds and User Coverage (3-26); Overview of U.S. Petroleum Production, Imports, Exports, and Consumption (4-1); Certificated Air Carrier Fuel Consumption and Travel (4-8); Class I Rail Freight Fuel Consumption and Travel (4-17); Energy Intensity of Passenger Modes (4-20). National Transportation Statistics can be found here: http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/