News Digest - DOT 14-18

BTS Releases 2017 Border Crossing/Entry Data - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released Border Crossing/Entry Data for the full year 2017. The database shows the number of crossings into the U.S. through land ports on the Canadian and Mexican borders by personal vehicles, trucks, trains, buses, containers and pedestrians. The data provide official counts of cross-border traffic and may be used for transportation planning, port studies, travel analyses, and corridor assessments. Data are available in both monthly and annual views with search, download, and API (application programming interface) capabilities. Media contact Dave Smallen: 202-366-5568, david.smallen@dot.gov.