NOTE: The final issue of this report was December 2002. These reports are provided
as a historical reference. A minimal number of indicators are being updated in the
White House Economic Statistics Briefing Room.
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| Preliminary estimates for 2001
suggest a 4 percent decline from 2000 in the number of people injured
in motor vehicle crashes, from 3,190,000 in 2000 to 3,055,000 in 2001.
41,730 died in motor vehicle crashes in 2001, a decline of 0.2 percent
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| In February 2002, domestic
revenue passenger miles for U.S. air carriers were 9 percent lower
than in February 2001. Revenue ton-miles were also down 9 percent.
The decline in revenue passenger miles and revenue ton-miles was less
than the 12 percent and 14 percent (respectively)
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| There were 11 percent fewer revenue
enplanements on domestic airlines in February 2002 than a year
earlier - 42.4 million compared to 47.6 million. This was an
improvement over the 13 percent decline in enplanements in January
2002 compared to a year earlier. |
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| Rail intermodal traffic in the
week ending May 11, 2002 was 11 percent higher in the United
States and 12 percent higher
in Canada than in the comparable week last year. |
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| April 2002 consumer prices for gasoline
were 10 percent above March 2002 prices, the third highest increase
in the last 12 years. The April 2002 figure was still 9 percent lower
than the record level in April 2001. |
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| Consumer prices for new cars and
trucks have decreased 3 percent since 1997, while consumer prices for all other
components of private transportation have increased. |
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| Since 1993, producer prices for air
transportation have risen 55 percent, while producer prices
for rail transportation have increased only 7 percent. |
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| April 2002 producer prices for highway
and street construction were 4 percent below April 2001, the
second largest decline in the 10 year period tracked by this report. |
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| Since 1992, average real
hourly earnings of Class I Railroad workers have fallen by over
20 percent, while train-miles/employee-hour rose by 50 percent. |
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| Comparing the fourth quarter of 2001 with
that of 2000, large air carrier operating revenues were down 26 percent
while expenses declined only 12 percent. More specifically, passenger
revenues were down 30 percent and freight revenues down 8 percent. |
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| Business investment in transportation equipment
was 7 percent lower in the first quarter of 2002 than the first
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| Retail gasoline cost was 37 cents
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| U.S. travel exports increased
21 percent in the first quarter of 2002 over the last quarter of
2001, while U.S. travel imports grew 20 percent. These first quarter
figures were 11 and 17 percent lower, respectively, than the first
quarter of 2001. |
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| Transportation energy consumption
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| The U.S. imported 12 percent less
petroleum, on a net basis, in March 2002 than in March 2001. |
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| Passengers Transported on the Top Three
International Routes |
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| Special Section - A Time Series Analysis
of U.S. Inland Waterways Trade |
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| Special Section - International Space Transportation |
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The validity of these statements has not been statistically
tested. BTS is designing a statistical monitoring process in order to
apply statistical quality control techniques to the indicators data.
