TRANSPORT STATISTICS * USA - DOT Freight Transportation Index Rises 3.2%

Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -8 Dec 2010: -- The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index rose 3.2% in October from a year earlier, the 10th straight year-over-year gain, DOT said Wednesday...  The freight TSI notched a 0.2% gain from September to a reading of 98.9, DOT’s Bureau of Trade Statistics said in its monthly report...  Despite the increase, the index it remains the lowest level for an October since 2001, when it was at 98.7...  The TSI, which uses 2000 as a base-year reading of 100, is a seasonally adjusted monthly index measuring the output of services provided by the for-hire transportation industries, including railroad, air, truck, inland waterways, pipeline and local transit...