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as a historical reference.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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| Safety |
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| Highway-rail fatalities rose 29 percent in July 2002
compared to July 2001. There were 11 more deaths tallied in July 2002 (49)
than recorded in July 2001 (38). In July 2002, one less rail fatality was
recorded than in the previous July as rail fatalities dropped from 53 to 52. |
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| Security |
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| Individuals who sought entry into the United States
decreased almost 10 percent in August 2002 compared to August of last year as
land admissions dropped 11 percent and air admissions declined 6 percent. |
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| Mobility |
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| There was a 13 percent decline in the number of
scheduled operations for major airlines in August 2002 compared to August of
last year. This was the ninth largest decline for any month in the 15 years
of available data. All of the larger declines have occurred since October 2001. |
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| U.S. transit ridership declined 3 percent in
June 2002 compared to June 2001. The largest percentage declines were in heavy
rail, commuter rail, and light rail. |
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| U.S. rail intermodal traffic dropped nearly 19 percent
in the week ending October 12, 2002 (from the same week one year ago), while
Canadian rail intermodal traffic grew almost 27 percent compared to the same
week last year. (The West Coast port lockout ended October 9.) |
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| Food and farm products shipped on our nation's inland
waterways dropped 20 percent in September 2002 compared to September 2001. This
was the third lowest monthly tonnage since September 1996. |
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| Combined upbound and downbound tonnage shipped through
the Welland Canal on the St. Lawrence Seaway dropped 7 percent in September 2002
compared to the same month last year- the largest September drop in the 10 years
tracked by this report. |
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| Economy |
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| Personal spending on gasoline and oil increased 13
percent in the second quarter of 2002 compared to the previous quarter. |
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| The monthly increase for September 2002 in consumer prices
for new cars and trucks of 0.5 percent was the second highest in the 10 years
tracked by this report. The impact on consumers of the price increase for new
vehicles was mitigated by a decline of 0.8 percent in prices for used cars and
trucks and flat prices for motor vehicle maintenance and repair. |
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| Producer prices of crude petroleum increased 4 percent
in September 2002 compared to the same month last year. Producer prices for
petroleum products dropped 7 percent. The 2 percent decline in producer prices
for transportation equipment in the twelve months ending in September 2002 was
the largest decline in the 10 years tracked by this report. |
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| The producer price of scheduled air freight
transportation increased nearly 9 percent in September 2002 compared to
September 2001 - reaching the second highest level in the 10 years
tracked by this report. |
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| September 2002 producer prices for passenger
railroad transportation were up 6 percent over September 2001. |
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| Producer prices of highway and street construction
dropped 3 percent in September 2002 compared to September 2001. |
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| Private expenditures on construction of general
commercial warehousing and transportation equipment manufacturing were both
at lows not seen since late 1995 and early 1996, respectively. |
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| Business inventory to sales ratio decreased almost one percent
in August 2002 compared to the previous month-reaching the lowest level in
the 10 years tracked by this report. |
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| Business investment in transportation equipment dropped 11
percent in the second quarter of 2002 compared to the second quarter of 2001-the lowest
level in five years. |
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| The value of transportation-related imports
increased 5 percent (seasonally adjusted terms) in the second quarter of 2002
compared to the previous quarter. The value of transportation-related exports
increased almost 4 percent during the same time period. |
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| Human and Natural Environment |
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| Transportation energy use per dollar of GDP declined nearly 3
percent in the second quarter of 2002, compared to the same quarter last year. |
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| New Indicators |
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| St. Lawrence Seaway Commercial Traffic |
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| St. Lawrence Seaway System Availability |
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| A Time Series Analysis of Domestic Air Seat and Passenger Miles |
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Sampling, as well as non-sampling, errors may exist in the reported data.
