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Table 19-B Federal Transportation Expenditure by Mode

Friday, January 6, 2012

Table 19-B Federal Transportation Expenditure by Mode

Thousands of Chained 2005 Dollars

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  1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total 61,412,557 60,057,625 60,482,545 60,085,941 61,497,466 68,305,653 81,384,032 90,099,799 94,005,544 86,784,735 85,072,489 77,421,245 76,094,590
Highway 27,684,494 27,776,286 28,211,828 26,960,288 29,655,772 33,812,854 35,538,554 37,520,890 36,493,466 35,292,116 33,507,942 34,077,717 33,139,182
Transit 7,816,860 7,373,000 8,263,243 8,692,881 10,757,906 14,081,417 15,768,487 16,407,480 15,993,381 15,726,058 16,044,000 8,368,784 8,484,555
Railroads 1,434,992 1,374,718 1,531,890 1,429,519 569,722 942,882 888,349 1,521,787 1,370,105 1,621,690 1,472,000 1,476,508 1,394,771
Air 17,364,232 16,883,256 15,804,045 16,524,669 13,806,925 13,165,198 22,698,315 27,050,791 21,731,936 25,500,629 26,427,000 26,060,167 25,215,423
Water 6,014,376 5,644,138 5,708,371 5,651,691 5,862,826 5,456,381 5,458,370 5,133,950 6,508,549 7,254,895 6,410,842 6,297,731 6,671,008
Pipeline 32,988 45,645 43,505 46,827 47,897 55,749 43,651 55,171 71,704 77,223 82,000 86,797 81,240
General Support 1,064,615 960,582 919,664 780,066 796,418 791,172 988,307 2,409,731 11,836,402 1,312,123 1,128,705 1,053,543 1,108,411
Direct Expenditure 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
Grants to State and Local Governments 34,078,584 33,240,381 34,161,693 32,536,197 35,070,606 42,753,191 45,618,717 48,956,235 46,935,280 45,253,761 50,031,851 43,240,582 42,645,711
Highway 25,368,713 25,121,093 26,128,088 24,809,376 27,669,435 31,158,242 32,596,385 34,355,252 32,874,038 30,969,296 30,847,370 31,243,380 30,685,254
Transit 6,061,762 5,769,469 5,956,157 5,648,474 5,326,645 9,624,575 10,567,173 11,225,812 11,043,775 10,915,545 15,594,000 8,289,617 8,395,100
Railroads 28,865 30,877 48,778 45,526 47,897 15,755 36,572 49,424 24,269 21,157 35,000 19,076 4,564
Air 2,509,862 2,221,834 1,962,982 1,965,426 1,972,598 1,912,426 2,383,087 3,287,243 2,957,529 3,132,306 3,531,000 3,664,562 3,539,871
Water 85,220 73,837 40,868 41,624 26,469 10,907 1,180 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 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.

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.