The Motor Carrier Financial and Operating Information Program collects annual and quarterly data from motor carriers of property and motor carriers of passengers. The program collects balance sheet and income statement data along with information on tonnage, mileage, employees, transportation equipment, and other items. It was transferred to the Department of Transportation from the Interstate Commerce Commission by the "ICC Termination Act of 1995." Here is the relevant excerpt from that legislation.

The data collections cover for-hire trucking and buses. They exclude private motor carriers that operate as auxiliary establishments to non-transportation companies. Approximately 2,600 firms meet the filing criteria. For reporting purposes, motor carriers are classified on the basis of annual gross carrier operating revenues (including interstate and intrastate).