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Table 20-B State and Local Transportation Expenditure by Mode

Friday, January 6, 2012

Table 20-B State and Local 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
Expenditure, Total 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.
Expenditure includes outlays from all sources of funds including own source revenue, supporting revenue, funds from federal grants, and borrowing. It does include outlays for interest on debt, but not debt retirement.

Sources:
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.