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Table 19-A Federal Transportation Expenditure by Mode

Friday, January 6, 2012

Table 19-A Federal Transportation Expenditure by Mode

Thousand of Current Dollars

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  1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total 44,679,478 44,735,724 45,878,430 46,193,471 48,790,245 56,361,044 68,984,361 78,389,528 85,216,026 82,038,478 85,072,489 81,169,982 83,363,145
Highway 20,141,300 20,690,000 21,399,800 20,726,800 23,528,000 27,900,000 30,123,900 32,644,300 33,081,327 33,361,990 33,507,942 35,727,760 36,304,637
Transit 5,687,000 5,492,000 6,268,000 6,683,000 8,535,000 11,619,000 13,366,000 14,275,000 14,498,000 14,866,000 16,044,000 8,774,000 9,295,000
Railroads 1,044,000 1,024,000 1,162,000 1,099,000 452,000 778,000 753,000 1,324,000 1,242,000 1,533,000 1,472,000 1,548,000 1,528,000
Air 12,633,000 12,576,000 11,988,000 12,704,000 10,954,000 10,863,000 19,240,000 23,535,000 19,700,000 24,106,000 26,427,000 27,322,000 27,624,000
Water 4,375,639 4,204,205 4,330,028 4,344,964 4,651,390 4,502,224 4,626,732 4,466,690 5,900,000 6,858,125 6,410,842 6,602,667 7,308,222
Pipeline 24,000 34,000 33,000 36,000 38,000 46,000 37,000 48,000 65,000 73,000 82,000 91,000 89,000
General Support 774,539 715,518 697,602 599,707 631,854 652,820 837,729 2,096,538 10,729,699 1,240,363 1,128,705 1,104,555 1,214,286
Direct Expenditure 19,886,285 19,975,629 19,965,419 21,179,968 20,966,278 21,084,103 30,316,112 35,796,135 42,669,195 39,259,645 35,040,638 35,835,691 36,643,916
Highway 1,684,800 1,977,800 1,580,600 1,653,600 1,575,900 2,190,400 2,493,900 2,754,200 3,281,012 4,086,405 2,660,572 2,971,576 2,688,328
Transit 1,276,887 1,194,438 1,750,017 2,340,510 4,309,000 3,677,474 4,408,841 4,508,207 4,486,818 4,547,426 450,000 83,000 98,000
Railroads 1,023,000 1,001,000 1,125,000 1,064,000 414,000 765,000 722,000 1,281,000 1,220,000 1,513,000 1,437,000 1,528,000 1,523,000
Air 10,807,000 10,921,000 10,499,000 11,193,000 9,389,000 9,285,000 17,220,000 20,675,000 17,019,000 21,145,000 22,896,000 23,480,000 23,746,000
Water 4,313,639 4,149,205 4,299,028 4,312,964 4,630,390 4,493,224 4,625,732 4,466,690 5,900,000 6,858,125 6,410,842 6,602,667 7,308,222
Pipeline 12,421 22,667 20,172 22,188 22,133 28,185 17,909 26,500 44,667 54,327 57,519 65,893 66,079
General Support 768,539 709,518 691,602 593,707 625,854 644,820 827,729 2,084,538 10,717,699 1,055,363 1,128,705 1,104,555 1,214,286
Grants to State and Local Governments 24,793,192 24,760,095 25,913,011 25,013,503 27,823,967 35,276,941 38,668,250 42,593,393 42,546,831 42,778,833 50,031,851 45,334,291 46,719,230
Highway 18,456,500 18,712,200 19,819,200 19,073,200 21,952,100 25,709,600 27,630,000 29,890,100 29,800,316 29,275,585 30,847,370 32,756,184 33,616,309
Transit 4,410,113 4,297,562 4,517,983 4,342,490 4,226,000 7,941,526 8,957,159 9,766,793 10,011,182 10,318,574 15,594,000 8,691,000 9,197,000
Railroads 21,000 23,000 37,000 35,000 38,000 13,000 31,000 43,000 22,000 20,000 35,000 20,000 5,000
Air 1,826,000 1,655,000 1,489,000 1,511,000 1,565,000 1,578,000 2,020,000 2,860,000 2,681,000 2,961,000 3,531,000 3,842,000 3,878,000
Water 62,000 55,000 31,000 32,000 21,000 9,000 1,000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pipeline 11,579 11,333 12,828 13,813 15,867 17,815 19,091 21,500 20,333 18,673 24,481 25,107 22,921
General Support 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 12,000 185,000 0 0 0

Note:
Federal expenditure includes direct federal spending, and grants to state and local governments.

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 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.