BTS | Table 1 - Transportation Investment as Percentage of GDP by Type of Asset, 1977-2000

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BTS Home > Programs > Economics and Finance > Transportation Investment and GDP > 2004

Table 1 - Transportation Investment as Percentage of GDP by Type of Asset, 1977-2000

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	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	0.98	0.96	1.02	1.03	0.94	0.87	0.86	0.89	0.91	0.89	0.88	0.87	0.83	0.87	0.86	0.84	0.86	0.87	0.83	0.83	0.86	0.90	0.93	0.88
Rolling stock	5.74	6.01	5.73	4.73	4.66	4.46	4.83	5.25	5.71	5.93	5.59	5.28	5.24	4.81	4.55	4.93	5.23	5.16	5.22	4.90	5.12	5.40	5.60	5.60
Other equipment	0.05	0.10	0.14	0.15	0.13	0.11	0.10	0.13	0.13	0.14	0.12	0.14	0.14	0.12	0.11	0.13	0.16	0.20	0.23	0.23	0.26	0.25	0.27	0.28
Total	6.77	7.07	6.89	5.91	5.73	5.43	5.79	6.27	6.74	6.96	6.59	6.28	6.21	5.80	5.52	5.90	6.25	6.23	6.28	5.96	6.24	6.55	6.80	6.76

Note: 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.