Industry Snapshots: Uses of Transportation: 2017

BTS Productshttps://doi.org/10.21949/15025202018PDFStatistical ReportFirestine, TheresaRandrianarivelo, SimonUnited States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation StatisticsStrocko, EdWingfield, AlphaUnited States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation StatisticsUnited StatesEmployeesFor hire carriersGross domestic productIndustriesInput output modelsTransportation modesTravel and shipment characteristicsTrend (Statistics)TrucksWagesEconomicsTransportation (General)Final ReportThe Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) estimates that transportation contributed $1,066.9 billion to the economy in 2016. Of this $1,066.9 billion, purchased transportation services (for-hire transportation) contributed $562.4 billion, transportation carried out by non-transportation industries for their own purposes (in-house transportation) contributed $172.3 billion, and households contributed $332.2 billion in operating their own automobiles. BTS measures this contribution to the gross domestic product in the Transportation Satellite Accounts (TSAs). The most current TSAs are for 2016 . This report focuses on the for-hire and in-house transportation services used by nontransportation industries.125