Table 3-6: National Transportation and Economic Trends

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	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Passenger-miles (billions)	1,327	1,630	2,170	2,561	2,895	3,326	3,946	3,976	4,089	4,166	4,262	4,309	4,442	4,580	4,706	4,837	4,953	5,179	5,248	(R) 5,259	5,436	U
Index (1980 = 100)	46	56	75	88	100	115	136	137	141	144	147	149	153	158	163	167	171	179	181	(R) 182	188	U
Ton-miles (billions)	U	1,854	2,207	2,285	2,989	2,949	3,196	3,233	3,337	3,364	3,527	3,648	3,725	3,682	3,710	3,780	3,778	3,758	U	U	U	U
Index (1980 = 100)	U	62	74	76	100	99	107	108	112	113	118	122	125	123	124	126	126	126	U	U	U	U
Populationa (millions)	181	194	205	216	228	238	250	253	257	260	263	267	268	273	276	279	(R) 282	(R) 285	(R) 288	(R) 291	293	296
Index (1980 = 100)	79	85	90	95	100	105	110	111	113	114	116	117	118	120	121	123	124	125	126	128	129	130
Industrial Production Indexb (2002=100)	(R) 26	(R) 35	(R) 42	(R) 46	(R) 56	(R) 61	(R) 69	(R) 68	(R) 70	(R) 73	(R) 77	(R) 80	(R) 84	(R) 90	(R) 95	(R) 99	(R) 104	(R) 100	(R) 100	(R) 101	105	(P) 108
Gross Domestic Product
Current $ (billions)	526	719	1,039	1,638	2,790	4,220	5,803	5,996	6,338	6,657	7,072	7,398	7,817	8,304	8,747	9,268	9,817	(R) 10,128	(R) 10,470	(R) 10,961	11,713	12,456
Index (1980 = 100)	19	26	37	59	100	151	208	215	227	239	254	265	280	298	314	332	352	(R) 363	(R) 375	(R) 393	420	447
Chained (2000) $ (billions)	2,502	3,191	3,772	4,311	5,162	6,054	7,113	7,101	7,337	7,533	7,836	8,032	8,329	8,704	9,067	9,470	9,817	(R) 9,891	(R) 10,049	(R) 10,301	10,704	11,049

KEY: P = preliminary; R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a Annual estimates as of July 1. Includes Armed Forces abroad.

^b Industrial Production Index covers manufacturing, mining, and utilities.

SOURCES

Passenger-miles:

1960-2004: Summation of all modes from the passenger-miles table in chapter 1, less transit motor bus.

Ton-miles:

1960-2001: Summation of all modes from the ton-miles table in chapter 1.

Population:

1960-99: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2000 (Washington, DC: 2001), table 2.

2000-05: Ibid., Monthly National Population Estimates, available at Internet site http://www.census.gov as of Feb. 5, 2007.

Industrial Production Index:

1960-2005: Council of Economic Advisors, Economic Report of the President, available at www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/tables04.html as of Feb. 5, 2007, table B-51.

Gross Domestic Product:

1960-97: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Survey of Current Business (Washington, DC: August 1998), table 1, pp. 147-148 and table 2A, pp. 151-152.

1998-2005: Ibid., http://www.bea.gov/bea/dn/gdplev.xls as of Feb. 5, 2007.