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Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Part of the United States Department of Transportation

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Nov 8, 2025
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PRICE OF GASOLINE WHEN BIDEN LEFT OFFICE

When President Joe Biden left office on January 20, 2025, multiple government and market data sources show the national average price for regular gasoline was about , with contemporaneous market track...

Nov 15, 2025
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What are the current border crossing statistics for 2025?

U.S. government reporting and news coverage for 2025 show historically low land-border encounters and USBP apprehensions: CBP reported southwest border apprehensions of about 8,347 in February 2025 an...

Dec 8, 2025
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Gas prices 1 year ago

One year ago, in December 2024, the U.S. national average for a gallon of regular gasoline hovered right around the $3 mark—AAA reported $3.02–$3.03 in early December and industry summaries show the n...

Dec 14, 2025

What types of documentation do airlines keep that can confirm a passenger was on a specific flight?

Airlines keep multiple records that can show whether a passenger was booked and/or flew: reservation/booking records and ticket receipts, which serve as proof of purchase and are required for name-mat...

Nov 20, 2025

Have trends in Canadian illegal immigration to the US changed in the last 10 years?

Available reporting shows that crossings from Canada into the United States rose in the early 2020s but then declined again by 2024–2025 after policy changes and enforcement efforts; U.S. northern-bor...

Jan 26, 2026

How many border crossing in January 2026

A precise count of "" is not stated in the provided reporting; the authoritative agencies that publish those tallies are for enforcement "encounters" and the for port-level inbound crossings, but the ...

Dec 13, 2025

what was the average us retail gasoline price in january 2025 when biden left office

In January 2025 the U.S. average retail price for regular motor gasoline was about $3.08 per gallon, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (which reports monthly motor-fuel averages) an...

Dec 12, 2025

How have immigration and border-crossing patterns changed where the wall exists versus where it does not by 2025?

By mid‑2025 detected unauthorized crossings at the U.S.–Mexico border dropped sharply from 2024 levels — monthly sector totals fell by more than 80–90% in some months and the Border Patrol recorded ro...

Dec 11, 2025

What sources provide official statistics on illegal border crossings and how are they measured?

Official U.S. statistics on “illegal border crossings” come primarily from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) dashboards and monthly releases (which report “encounters” that combine Border Patro...

Jan 22, 2026

How did U.S. border crossing numbers change between 2016 and 2020 by month?

The monthly pattern of border crossings from 2016 through 2020 shows a familiar seasonal cycle around a multi-year decline after 2016 and then a sharp disruption in 2020 driven by and the expulsions p...

Feb 6, 2026

How many plane crashes in the US each year

civil aviation experiences roughly 1,100–1,300 accidents per year, most of them in ; preliminary 2023 estimates put the total at about 1,216 accidents (U.S.-registered civilian aircraft) , while long-...

Dec 12, 2025

What percentage of detected entries were encounters, inadmissible entries, or estimated undetected crossings?

CBP defines “encounters” to include Border Patrol apprehensions, Office of Field Operations inadmissibles, and (historically) Title 42 expulsions; CBP dashboards present detected activity as these enc...

Nov 23, 2025

How has the change in California port revenues affected state revenue?

California’s ports are presented in recent reporting and industry studies as a major fiscal engine—one estimate puts waterborne trade through California ports at $416 billion in 2020 and attributes ro...

Oct 21, 2025

How do border crossing numbers compare to the same period in 2023?

The evidence shows a , with multiple official and media accounts reporting dramatically lower apprehension counts and monthly encounters. Government summaries and contemporaneous news reporting conver...