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Table 16-B Transportation Expenditure by Level of Government and Mode

Friday, January 6, 2012

Table 16-B Transportation Expenditure by Level of Government and Mode

Thousands of Chained 2005 Dollars

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  1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total 196,906,846 200,211,069 205,597,072 212,728,471 229,802,147 225,872,509 249,138,729 257,241,469 262,650,245 251,384,358 243,085,735 245,346,731 202,387,028
Federal 27,333,973 26,817,244 26,320,852 27,549,744 26,426,860 25,552,462 35,765,315 41,143,564 47,070,265 41,530,974 35,040,638 34,180,663 33,448,879
Highway 2,315,781 2,655,193 2,083,740 2,150,912 1,986,337 2,654,612 2,942,169 3,165,638 3,619,428 4,322,820 2,660,572 2,834,337 2,453,929
Transit 1,755,098 1,603,531 2,307,086 3,044,407 5,431,262 4,456,842 5,201,313 5,181,668 4,949,606 4,810,513 450,000 79,167 89,455
Railroads 1,406,128 1,343,841 1,483,112 1,383,993 521,825 927,127 851,777 1,472,363 1,345,836 1,600,533 1,437,000 1,457,431 1,390,207
Air 14,854,370 14,661,422 13,841,063 14,559,242 11,834,327 11,252,772 20,315,228 23,763,548 18,774,407 22,368,324 22,896,000 22,395,605 21,675,551
Water 5,929,156 5,570,300 5,667,503 5,610,067 5,836,357 5,445,474 5,457,190 5,133,950 6,508,549 7,254,895 6,410,842 6,297,731 6,671,008
Pipeline 17,073 30,430 26,594 28,860 27,898 34,158 21,128 30,459 49,274 57,470 57,519 62,850 60,318
General Support 1,056,368 952,527 911,754 772,262 788,856 781,477 976,510 2,395,938 11,823,165 1,116,420 1,128,705 1,053,543 1,108,411
State and Local 169,572,873 173,393,825 179,276,220 185,178,727 203,375,287 200,320,047 213,373,414 216,097,904 215,579,981 209,853,384 208,045,097 211,166,068 168,938,149
Highway 121,494,153 124,540,965 127,636,496 133,110,601 139,509,785 142,668,847 147,008,215 150,475,349 149,292,427 143,854,050 144,664,108 147,499,541 101,837,006
Transit 33,239,454 33,453,711 34,419,375 34,664,055 43,939,850 37,751,715 40,795,767 42,636,849 40,811,046 42,408,246 41,449,585 41,980,929 44,421,061
Railroads 35,462 36,113 51,546 47,087 49,031 16,119 36,926 49,768 24,269 21,157 35,000 19,076 4,564
Air 11,605,410 11,879,401 13,440,409 13,708,900 15,979,014 16,045,973 18,426,006 18,792,917 18,936,029 19,073,712 17,961,654 17,543,458 18,297,190
Water 3,174,231 3,460,365 3,703,573 3,622,313 3,870,046 3,806,107 7,072,180 4,104,516 6,480,542 4,280,762 3,896,269 4,087,670 4,345,538
Pipeline 15,915 15,215 16,911 17,967 19,999 21,590 22,522 24,712 22,431 19,754 24,481 23,948 20,922
General Support 8,247 8,055 7,910 7,804 7,563 9,695 11,797 13,793 13,238 195,703 14,000 11,446 11,867

Notes: Local government outlays for highway are not included in 2007.
Federal expenditure includes direct federal spending, excluding grants to state and local governments.
State and local expenditure includes outlays from all sources of funds including funds from federal grants

Sources:
Executive Office of the President of the United States, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), "Budget of the United States Government: Appendix," Washington, D.C., annual issues, available at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/browse.html as of September, 2009.

Executive Office of the President of the United States, Office of Management and Budget, "Budget of the United States Government: Analytical Perspective, Detailed Functional Tables, Washington, D.C., Annual issues, available at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/browse.html as of September 2009.

U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), "Highway Statistics," Washington, D.C., Annual issues, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.htm, as of September 2009.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, "State and Local Government Finances," Washington, D.C., Annual issues, available at http://www.census.gov/govs/www/estimate.html as of September 2009.

U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), "National Transit Database (NTD)," Washington, D.C., Annual issues, available at http://www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/data.htm as of October 2009.

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, "National Income Product Accounts Tables," table 3.9.4 available at http://www.bea.gov as of November 2009.