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117 a p p e n D i X D national-Level Performance Measures: state of Practice
118 RITAâs Key Transportation Indicators The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) within the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) produces a monthly report entitled Key Transportation Indi- cators. The report includes both passenger and freight infor- mation derived from RITAâs and BTSâ extensive data sources, as well as sources from other federal agencies. The full list of indicators is in Table D.1 Transportation Services Index Among the monthly indicators is the Transportation Ser- vices Index (TSI), which tracks both passenger and freight volumes as part of a moving index pegged to January 2000 as a base year. The TSI allows the observation of total freight and passenger services nationally from that base point, back to 1990 and forward to present. An expanded discussion of the TSI occurs later in this appendix. TSI is used as a case study because it is analogous to the effort envisioned for the freight performance measurement research project. Five of the measures are directly related to freight: the TSI freight volume index, rail freight revenue ton-miles, U.S.- Canada-Mexico surface trade, inland waterway delay, and freight rail yields. Others, such as gasoline and diesel prices and transportation employment, are indirectly related. Figure D.1 captures the operating yield, or revenue, per ton- mile of rail freight. This is a way of showing the average price paid by freight rail users. Yields break down into costs (such as fuel and labor) and profits associated with rail operations, which may vary by commodity hauled and geography. Its source is RITA.1 In Figure D.2 are continental surface trade statistics.2 1 APPENDIX D NATIONAL-LEVEL PERFORMANCE MEASURES: STATE OF PRACTICE RITA's Key Transportation Indicators he Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) within the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) produces a monthly report entitled Key Transportation Indicators. The report includes both passenger and freight information derived from RITA's and BTS' extensive data sources, as well as sources from other federal agencies. The full list of indicators is below in Table D.1 Table D.1. RITA indicators. RITA Key Transportation Indicators Transportation Services Index Air Travel Price Index Jet Fuel Prices Major US Carrier On-Time Retail Diesel Prices Gasoline Prices Vehicle Miles Travelled Amtrak Ridership Railroad Fuel Prices Rail Freight Revenue Ton Miles Amtrak On-Time Amtrak Revenue US-Canadian-Mexico Surface Trade Personal Spending on Transportation Transportation Employment Inland Waterway Delay Transit Ridership Airline Passengers US Airline Revenue-Passenger Miles and Load Factor Amtrak Ticket Prices and Yields Freight Rail Yields Among the monthly indicators is the Transportation Services Index (TSI), which tracks both passenger and freight volumes as part of a moving index pegged to January 2000 as a base year. The TSI allows the observation of total freight and passenger services nationally from that base point, back to 1990 and present to current months. An expanded discussion of the TSI occurs later in this appendix. TSI is used as a case study because it is analogous to the effort envisioned for the freight performance measurement research project. Five of the measures are directly related to freight: the TSI freight volume index, rail freight revenue ton- miles, U.S.-Canada-Mexico surface trade, inland waterway delay, and freight rail yields. Others, such as gasoline and diesel prices and transportation employment, are indirectly related. Comment [JP1]: Author: Present or current? 2 Figure D.1. Railroad yields. Figure D.1 above captures the operating yield, or revenue, per ton-mile of rail freight. This is a way of showing the average price paid by freight rail users. Yields break down into costs (such as fuel and labor) and profits associated with rail operations, which may vary by commodity hauled and geography. Its source is RITA.1 Below in Figure D.2 are continental surface trade statistics.2 Figure D.2 .Canadian and Mexican trade figures. 1 BTS. Calculations based on Surface Transportation Board, Office of Economics, Environmental Analysis, and Administration, Quarterly Earnings Reports, http://www.stb.dot.gov/ (accessed April 2010). 2 USDOT, RITA, BTS. TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/ntda/tbscd/prod.html (accessed April 2010). tabl . . RItA indicators. Figure D.1. Railroad yields.
119 Endnotes 1 BTS. Calculations based on Surface Transportation Board, Office of Eco- nomics, Environmental Analysis, and Administration, Quarterly Earnings Reports, http://www.stb.dot.gov/ (accessed April 2010). 2 USDOT, RITA, BTS. TransBorder Freight Data, http://www.bts.gov/ntda/ tbscd/prod.html (accessed April 2010). table D.1. RItA indicators. Figure D.2. Canadian and Mexican trade figures.
