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Table 11-A Transportation Expenditure by Mode

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Table 11-A Transportation Expenditure by Mode

Thousands of Current Dollars

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  1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 1 143,278,311 149,152,739 155,799,027 163,448,678 179,670,544 186,913,493 211,025,992 223,793,369 238,128,250 237,613,727 247,498,439 257,247,376 279,989,281 295,830,063 242,949,587
Highway 90,098,980 94,765,392 98,419,590 104,005,406 112,281,632 119,931,566 127,129,672 133,716,806 138,646,399 140,109,440 147,355,385 157,632,001 175,509,945 182,056,844 123,648,996
Transit 25,459,587 26,113,438 27,743,311 28,875,338 32,383,119 35,417,267 38,802,277 41,539,580 41,482,031 44,577,581 46,281,585 44,096,646 45,752,726 50,893,105 54,340,972
Railroads 1,048,800 1,027,900 1,164,100 1,100,200 452,900 778,300 753,300 1,324,300 1,242,000 1,533,000 1,472,000 1,548,000 1,528,000 1,528,000 1,880,000
Air 19,204,419 19,769,728 20,631,088 21,732,265 26,178,270 22,444,783 32,838,620 37,025,402 34,184,510 39,175,571 40,857,654 41,872,912 43,805,999 46,593,242 47,830,815
Water 6,665,987 6,726,762 7,108,336 7,097,762 7,700,768 7,633,757 10,620,395 8,037,742 11,774,611 10,904,772 10,307,111 10,888,262 12,074,624 13,396,135 13,765,804
Pipeline 26,000 34,000 35,000 38,000 42,000 55,000 44,000 53,000 69,000 73,000 82,000 91,000 89,000 92,000 99,000
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 1,142,705 1,118,555 1,228,987 1,270,737 1,384,000

1: Local government outlays for highway are not included in 2009.

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 February 2012.

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 February 2012.

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 February 2012.
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 February 2012.

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 February 2012.