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TABLE 2-1b/2-2b Transportation Capital Stock by Mode: 1993–2003

Current dollars (billions)

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  1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Public highways and streets 940.9 1,004.1 1,074.1 1,127.4 1,211.1 1,254.9 1,337.2 1,437.3 1,500.4 1,564.2 1,603.7
Consumer motor vehicles 760.6 810.4 842.2 875.1 899.4 950.4 1,020.8 1,092.2 1,156.0 1,213.5 1,256.6
In-house transportation 319.8 356.2 391.2 428.2 459.2 496.1 547.8 587.6 603.6 613.5 641.3
Other publicly owned transportation U U U U 215.0 229.5 245.2 266.5 280.4 302.9 320.9
Railroad transportation 236.7 240.9 246.8 254.3 254.8 260.1 262.7 266.9 272.3 274.3 279.6
Air transportation 103.3 108.1 118.0 128.6 140.8 157.6 173.4 195.7 215.6 226.5 238.9
Other privately owned transportation 89.0 92.6 97.1 97.8 98.4 100.5 102.2 105.2 106.2 107.1 109.4
Pipeline transportation 53.5 56.4 57.8 60.1 62.9 65.0 69.2 73.7 76.7 80.5 84.1
Commercial truck transportation 38.8 45.5 52.2 54.7 59.9 63.6 66.4 68.1 66.4 66.0 65.6
Water transportation 31.0 31.9 32.3 33.6 35.7 37.1 38.3 39.4 40.0 40.8 41.8
Private ground passenger transportation 22.4 23.8 25.1 26.7 27.4 29.0 31.7 33.9 35.1 36.0 36.8
Total 2,596.0 2,769.9 2,936.8 3,086.5 3,464.6 3,643.8 3,894.9 4,166.5 4,352.7 4,525.3 4,678.7

KEY: U = data are unavailable.

NOTES: Data include only privately owned capital stock unless otherwise noted. Capital stock data are reported after deducting depreciation. Consumer motor vehicles are considered consumer durable goods. In-house transportation includes transportation services provided within a firm whose main business is not transportation. For example, grocery companies often use their own truck fleets to move goods from their warehouses to their retail outlets. Other publicly owned transportation includes publicly owned airway, waterway, and transit structures but does not include associated equipment. Other privately owned transportation includes sightseeing, couriers and messengers, and transportation support activities, such as freight transportation brokers. Data may not add to total because of independent rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Fixed Assets and Consumer Durable Goods in the United States, tables 3.1ES, 3.2ES, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, and 8.2, available at http://www.bea.gov/, as of May 2005.