US September Freight TSI Up 0.4% Month-on-Month, Down 1.5% Year-on-Year

Statistics released by the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) show that the Freight Transportation Services Index (Freight TSI) rose to 135.8 in September 2026, up 0.4% month-on-month, the second consecutive monthly increase, but down 1.5% from September 2025. That month, rail intermodal, truck and water freight volumes increased, air freight and rail carload volumes decreased, and pipeline volumes were flat. Over the same period, the Passenger TSI rose 0.2% month-on-month and fell 0.2% year-on-year, and remained 7.4% below the historical high of January 2020.