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Table 4-A Transportation Expenditures by Mode and Level of Government from Own Funds: FY 1985-2001

Thursday, March 2, 2017

Table 4-A
Transportation Expenditures by Mode and Level of Government from Own Funds: FY 1985-2001

(Current $ millions)

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Mode 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 est.
All Modes                                  
Total 77,230 83,856 89,457 90,612 94,766 100,629 108,284 114,587 116,461 125,882 130,542 133,359 138,361 145,659 154,845 N/A  N/A 
Federal 28,291 29,630 28,117 28,926 29,321 30,859 32,950 35,266 37,270 39,668 40,769 40,774 41,766 41,303 43,975 48,401 N/A 
State & Local 48,939 54,226 61,340 61,686 65,444 69,770 75,334 79,321 79,190 86,214 89,772 92,585 96,596 104,355 110,871 N/A  N/A 
Highways                                  
Total 46,604 50,435 54,032 57,361 59,854 62,563 66,526 68,954 69,991 74,531 79,309 81,550 84,212 89,454 95,494 N/A  N/A 
Federal 15,030 15,514 14,400 15,536 14,933 15,452 15,859 16,773 18,081 20,053 20,078 20,622 21,347 20,652 23,589 27,657 N/A 
State & Local 31,574 34,921 39,631 41,824 44,921 47,112 50,667 52,182 51,910 54,478 59,232 60,927 62,865 68,802 71,905 N/A  N/A 
Transit                                  
Total 16,333 17,586 19,321 16,827 17,594 19,261 20,857 22,322 21,279 25,088 26,162 26,346 26,875 28,108 29,027 N/A  N/A 
Federal 3,427 3,399 3,351 3,316 3,595 3,832 3,917 3,675 3,517 3,770 4,474 4,375 4,583 4,302 4,265 5,337 5,508
State & Local 12,906 14,186 15,970 13,512 13,999 15,429 16,939 18,647 17,763 21,318 21,688 21,971 22,292 23,806 24,762 N/A  N/A 
Rail                                  
Total 1,072 917 817 586 606 541 783 906 819 845 1,043 1,015 1,148 1,099 565 N/A  N/A 
Federal 1,057 908 808 576 599 534 779 900 811 833 1,034 1,004 1,131 1,076 546 755 827
State & Local 15 9 9 10 7 7 3 6 8 12 9 11 17 23 19 N/A  N/A 
Air                                  
Total 7,903 8,749 9,540 10,422 11,240 12,568 13,974 15,916 17,408 17,941 16,960 17,273 18,776 19,593 21,789 N/A  N/A 
Federal 4,947 5,345 5,543 5,896 6,623 7,305 8,282 9,313 10,049 10,146 10,389 10,135 10,137 10,622 10,722 9,556 11,072
State & Local 2,955 3,404 3,997 4,526 4,617 5,263 5,692 6,604 7,359 7,795 6,571 7,138 8,639 8,971 11,067 N/A  N/A 
Water                                  
Total 5,124 5,974 5,601 5,245 5,289 5,480 5,847 6,167 6,593 7,046 6,628 6,775 6,996 7,137 7,682 N/A  N/A 
Federal 3,642 4,271 3,872 3,434 3,394 3,537 3,833 4,304 4,462 4,457 4,380 4,238 4,212 4,384 4,565 4,810 4,442
State & Local 1,481 1,703 1,729 1,811 1,896 1,943 2,014 1,863 2,131 2,589 2,247 2,538 2,783 2,753 3,117 N/A  N/A 
Pipeline                                  
Total 8 4 4 9 15 26 28 32 34 36 43 N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A  N/A 
Federal - - - 5 10 9 9 12 14 14 19 33 29 32 30 27 23
State & Local 8 4 4 4 5 17 19 20 20 22 24 N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A   N/A  N/A 
General Support                                  
Total 187 193 143 163 168 191 270 289 337 396 396 367 327 236 258 259 374
Federal- General Support 187 193 143 163 168 191 270 289 337 396 396 367 327 236 258 259 374

KEY:
"–" = No activity or a value of zero.

NOTES:
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Only federal government expenditures are reported for FY 2000 and 2001. For FY 2001, federal highway expenditures are not included. Data for FY 2001 are estimates

SOURCES:
Federal Highways:
________. Budget of the United States Government - Appendix (Washington, D.C.: Annual publication), and U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics (Washington, D.C.: Annual publication), Table FA-5.
Federal Air:
________. Budget of the United States FY 2002 - Public Budget Database (Washington, D.C.), Outlays available at: http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2002/db.html, as of October 2001; ________. Budget of the United States Government - Appendix (Washington, D.C.: Annual issues); and National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Aeronautics and Space Report of the President (Washington, D.C.: Annual issues), Appendix E-3, available at: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/hqlibrary/books/nasadoc.html, as of October 2001.
Federal Water:
________. Budget of the United States Government - Appendix (Washington, D.C.: Annual issues); ________. Budget of the United States Government FY 2002 - Public Budget Database (Washington, D.C.), Outlays available at: http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2002/db.html, as of October 2001; and personal communication with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Federal Transit, Rail, Pipeline, and General Support:
________. Budget of the United States Government FY 2002 - Public Budget Database (Washington, D.C.), Outlays available at: http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2002/db.html, as of October 2001.
State and Local:
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, State and Local Government Finance Estimates (Washington, D.C.), available at: ftp://ftp.census.gov/pub/outgoing/govs/, as of October 2001.