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PUBLIC EXPENDITURES FOR AIR AND LAND TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION: SELECTED
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Public Expenditures on Air Transportation Construction (state and local only,
seasonally adjusted annual rate)
Public Expenditures on Nonhighway Land Transportation Construction (state
and local only, seasonally adjusted annual rate)
It is estimated that state and local governments invested more than 41 billion
dollars in runway and air passenger terminal construction between 1993 and 2001.
Public expenditures for mass transit construction increased rapidly between
the beginning of 2001 and the middle of 2002, doubling the rate of expenditures.
| Runways (millions) |
3,705 |
3,816 |
| Percent change from previous month |
-2.83 |
3.00 |
| Air passenger terminals (millions) |
2,230 |
2,271 |
| Percent change from previous month |
-0.22 |
1.84 |
| Mass transit (millions) |
3,950 |
3,406 |
| Percent change from previous month |
27.75 |
-13.77 |
| Land passenger terminals (millions) |
1,433 |
1,670 |
| Percent change from previous month |
-14.04 |
16.54 |
NOTES: Data are for state and local expenditures only. Detailed monthly Federal
expenditures are not available within modes.
Runways include pavement and lighting. Other categories that are included for
the air transportation total but do not have monthly state and local estimates
are air freight terminals, air traffic towers, hangars, and other related facilities
and structures.
Land passenger terminals include bus and railroad terminals. Mass transit includes
light rail, monorail, streetcar, and subway facilities. Other categories that
are included in the land transportation total but do not have monthly state and
local estimates are maintenance facilities, freight terminals, and railroads.
Information on the reliability of estimates is available at: http://www.census.gov/pub/const/AppendixC.pdf.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; August 1, 2002;
available at: http://www.census.gov/pub/const/C30/newtc.html.
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