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Table 15-B Transportation Expenditure by Level of Government and Mode

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Table 15-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 2008 2009
Total 1 196,938,011 200,237,272 205,393,290 212,605,104 226,465,009 226,526,114 248,957,095 257,224,887 262,689,740 251,360,640 247,498,439 245,366,719 254,853,118 256,696,658 211,475,664
Federal2 27,428,181 26,843,447 26,268,913 27,575,378 29,367,297 26,452,133 35,620,073 41,126,983 47,109,759 41,507,256 39,453,343 34,200,651 33,630,960 35,207,462 37,216,251
Highway 2,348,136 2,681,396 2,112,218 2,173,945 2,015,143 2,679,844 2,972,522 3,216,829 3,654,510 4,361,287 2,691,277 2,852,417 2,717,853 3,343,354 5,086,305
Transit 1,755,098 1,603,531 2,307,086 3,044,407 3,154,896 5,320,374 5,017,460 5,108,148 4,949,606 4,748,328 4,832,000 79,167 89,202 78,094 80,081
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 1,386,272 1,325,003 1,636,448
Air 14,854,370 14,661,422 13,758,009 14,559,242 17,017,281 11,252,772 20,315,228 23,763,548 18,774,407 22,368,324 22,896,000 22,395,605 21,613,282 21,978,394 21,735,157
Water 5,988,260 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 6,657,382 7,337,412 7,439,743
Pipeline 19,822 30,430 29,230 31,462 32,940 45,066 29,386 36,206 53,686 57,470 57,519 62,850 60,147 52,978 47,741
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 1,055,451 1,106,821 1,092,227 1,190,777
State and Local3 169,509,830 173,393,825 179,124,378 185,029,726 197,097,712 200,073,981 213,337,022 216,097,904 215,579,981 209,853,384 208,045,097 211,166,068 221,222,158 221,489,196 174,259,412
Highway 121,494,153 124,540,965 127,636,496 133,110,601 139,509,785 142,668,847 147,008,215 150,475,349 149,292,427 143,854,050 144,664,108 147,499,541 157,035,608 154,630,393 102,544,063
Transit 33,239,454 33,453,711 34,267,532 34,515,054 37,662,275 37,602,883 40,759,375 42,636,849 40,811,046 42,408,246 41,449,585 41,980,929 41,556,052 44,082,698 47,221,061
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 4,551 868 0
Air 11,542,368 11,879,401 13,440,409 13,708,900 15,979,014 15,948,739 18,426,006 18,792,917 18,936,029 19,073,712 17,961,654 17,543,458 18,260,014 18,451,336 19,899,215
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 4,333,237 4,286,637 4,542,712
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 20,863 26,852 38,434
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 11,833 10,413 13,927

1: Local government outlays for highway are not included in 2009.
2: Federal expenditure includes direct federal spending, excluding grants to state and local governments.
3: 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 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.

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 February 2012.