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Table 18-B Federal Transportation Expenditure by Mode

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Table 18-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 2008 2009
Total 59,961,989 66,400,417 67,043,816 79,179,946 87,397,063 91,135,934 83,872,865 81,729,194 74,522,174 73,884,211 78,533,266 82,451,227      
Highway 26,983,320 29,684,579 33,838,086 35,570,087 37,572,081 36,527,331 35,330,583 33,538,647 34,107,815 33,508,482 34,678,229 37,062,440      
Transit 7,816,860 7,373,000 8,263,243 8,543,295 10,444,055 12,783,440 13,524,610 13,647,805 13,085,494 12,775,721 12,670,000 5,437,706 5,996,559 8,712,742 9,897,026
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 1,390,823 1,338,887 1,660,820
Air 17,364,232 16,883,256 15,720,990 16,524,669 18,989,879 13,165,198 22,698,315 27,050,791 21,731,936 25,500,629 26,427,000 26,060,167 25,143,133 25,292,204 25,109,024
Water 6,073,480 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 6,657,382 7,339,147 7,444,966
Pipeline 35,737 45,645 46,141 49,428 52,939 66,656 51,909 60,917 76,117 77,223 82,000 86,797 81,010 79,830 86,175
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 1,055,451 1,106,821 1,092,227 1,190,777
Direct Expenditure 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
Grants to State and Local Governments 34,078,584 33,240,381 34,161,693 32,386,611 37,033,120 40,591,682 43,559,873 46,270,080 44,026,175 42,365,609 42,275,851 40,321,523 40,253,251 43,325,804 45,234,976
Highway 25,368,713 25,121,093 26,128,088 24,809,376 27,669,435 31,158,242 32,597,565 34,355,252 32,872,821 30,969,296 30,847,370 31,255,398 30,790,629 31,334,875 31,976,135
Transit 6,061,762 5,769,469 5,956,157 5,498,888 7,289,159 7,463,066 8,507,149 8,539,657 8,135,887 8,027,393 7,838,000 5,358,540 5,907,357 8,634,648 9,816,944
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 4,551 13,883 24,373
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 3,529,851 3,313,810 3,373,867
Water 85,220 73,837 40,868 41,624 26,469 10,907 1,180 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,735 5,223
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 0 0 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 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, Bureau of Economic Analysis, "National Income Product Accounts Tables," table 3.9.4 available at http://www.bea.gov as of February 2012.