"Table 2
Growth in Transportation Investment by Type of Asset Compared with Growth  in GDP, 1977- 2000",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000
Infrastructure,-7.561506852,9.27279862,8.877926447,-3.404435737,-10.88015922,-11.68823353,7.126563589,16.92867526,9.00543693,-0.405751839,1.090296328,3.065962964,1.446202405,7.14146211,0.297304441,2.396809414,5.606881834,4.43375386,-4.035446852,1.917559494,6.281506645,7.369850928,7.092435528,-2.687170498
Rolling stock,16.32449875,10.03919634,-1.24932876,-16.78737675,2.200974914,-4.256808776,15.46411509,17.09319867,13.19519299,5.780585934,-2.052542856,-0.214126623,3.491840442,-5.480152702,-5.107992214,11.00171383,8.730923498,1.205209667,3.677283699,-2.596028947,11.5395514,12.10506084,7.647588138,5.337440207
Other equipment,24.31930693,81.28422101,57.00164745,4.704442113,-11.64189076,-16.38941399,3.707890572,39.37213865,-2.48709526,14.99839589,-11.08941275,19.8933166,4.64538079,-12.04201576,-10.37816321,24.15926396,31.05915421,35.01657243,17.7833935,7.846502789,23.70829307,9.653556332,0.364550597,22.82899132
Total investment,12.05719981,10.43030586,0.92358605,-14.26734794,-0.451810531,-5.688482235,14.00569167,17.42279405,12.31087762,5.086198897,-1.807178185,0.548115408,3.234685774,-3.914387494,-4.393338803,9.871421746,8.697038942,2.436928017,2.984376881,-1.626684637,11.26345814,11.36922923,7.274919543,4.981829935
U.S. GDP,4.640860913,5.514428831,3.18237197,-0.228008387,2.450570303,-2.02549293,4.329884333,7.2657483,3.849088135,3.416067587,3.397943306,4.172868991,3.507945481,1.761279165,-0.469595552,3.04954766,2.654069767,4.036757002,2.668862365,3.571144516,4.432242871,4.28212513,4.11451539,3.752116492
" Notes: 
 All growth rates are calculated based on chained 1996 dollar values. Other equipment includes transportation industries' investment in all types of equipment excluding rolling stock. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Sources: 
BTS calculations based on data from U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), ""Fixed Assets and Consumer Durables,"" ""National Income and Product Account (NIPA) Tables,"" available at http://www.bea.gov, as of July 2002; and personal communication with BEA.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,