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Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Figure 1-1 Population Change by County: 2010–2014
Table 1-1 Selected U.S. Demographics and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Census Region: 2000, 2010, and 2014
Box 2-A National Surveys
Figure 2-1 Annual Person-Miles Traveled (PMT) and Average Daily PMT Per Person: 1969, 1977, 1983, 1990, 1995, 2001, and 2009
Figure 2-2 Average Annual Person-Miles of Travel per Household by Income: 2009
Figure 2-3 Average Annual Person-Trips, Person-Miles, and Trip Length per Household by Purpose: 2009
Figure 2-4 Annual Person-Trips by Purpose and Day of Week: 2009
Figure 2-5 Total Time Spent Traveling on Weekdays and Weekends: 2003–2014
Figure 2-6 Annual Person-Trips by Mode and Purpose: 2009
Figure 2-7 Licensed Drivers, Vehicle Registrations, and Resident Population: 1960–2014
Figure 2-8 Household Vehicle Ownership: 1960–2013
Figure 2-9 Vehicles per Driver by Household Income: 2009
Figure 2-10 Average Number of Vehicles per Household by Number of Household Drivers: 2009
Figure 2-11 Bike-Share Connectivity to Scheduled Public Transportation: 2016
Figure 2-12 Cities With Bike-Share Systems: 2016
Figure 2-13 U.S. Airline Passenger Enplanements: Jan 2003–Oct 2015
Figure 2-14 U.S. Airline Passengers by Carrier Type: 2003–2015
Figure 2-15 Enplanements at the Top 50 U.S. Airports: 2015
Figure 2-16 Transit Ridership: 2002–2015
Figure 2-17 Percent Commuting by Public Transportation in Metro Areas: 2010–2014
Figure 2-18 Intercity Bus Passenger Trips 2010–2015
Figure 2-19 Average Number of Ferry Passengers and Vehicles: 2013
Figure 2-20 Amtrak Ridership: FY2000–FY2015
Figure 2-21 Top 25 Busiest Amtrak Stations: FY2015
Figure 2-22 Amtrak Stations Along the Northeast Corridor: FY2015
Figure 2-23 Foreigner Visits by Main Markets: 2000–2014
Figure 2-24 Index of Incoming Persons Crossing Through U.S. Land Borders: 2000–2015
Figure 2-25 Persons Traveling Into the United States at Land Border Crossings and International Airports: 2015
Table 2-1 U.S. Passenger-Miles Traveled by Mode: 2000, 2010 and 2014
Table 2-2 Average Daily Person-Miles of Travel by Age and Gender: 1995, 2001, and 2009
Table 2-3: Average Weekday and Weekend Time Spent Traveling by Persons Engaged in Selected Activities: 2014
Table 2-4 Annual Person-Trips and Person-Miles Traveled by Mode: 1995, 2001, and 2009
Table 2-5 Commuting by Mode of Transportation: 2000, 2010, and 2014
Table 2-6 Top 5 Walk and Bike Commuting Cities by City Size: 2010–2014
Table 2-7 Top 10 Domestic City Markets by Number of Enplanements: 2014 and 2015
Table 2-8 Top 10 Airlines by Domestic Enplanements: 2014 and 2015
Table 2-9 Motorcoach Carriers, Coaches, Passenger-Miles, and Trips: 2010–2014
Table 2-10: Top 10 International Travel Destinations Visited by U.S. Residents: 2000 and 2014
Table 2-11: Top 10 Countries Sending Tourists to the United States: 2000 and 2014
Figure 3-1 Passenger Vehicle Traffic on the National Highway System: 2011
Figure 3-2 Peak-Period Congestion on the National Highway System: 2011
Figure 3-3 Highway Reliability as Measured by the Planning Time Index: January 2013–December 2014
Figure 3-4 U.S. Airline Revenue Passenger-Miles, Available Seat-Miles, and Load Factor: January 2003–December 2015
Figure 3-5 Percentage of Flights Delayed and Average Length of Delay: 2004–2015
Figure 3-6 Delayed Flights by Length of Time Delayed: 2015
Figure 3-7 National Flight Delays by Cause: 2004–2015
Figure 3-8 Large and Medium Airports by Enplanements and Overall Delay: 2015
Figure 3-9 Stations Compliant with the Americans with Disability Act: 2000–2014
Figure 3-10 Amtrak On-Time Performance: FY2000–FY2015
Figure 3-11 Amtrak Delay by Responsible Party: FY2015
Table 3-1 Passenger Transportation Infrastructure: 2000, 2010, and 2014
Table 3-2 Highway Transportation System: 2000, 2010, and 2014
Table 3-3 Estimated Annual Congestion Delay and Costs: 2000, 2010, and 2014
Table 3-4 Most Congested Urban Areas by Annual Hours of Delay per Auto Commuter: 2000, 2010, and 2014
Table 3-5 Air Transportation System: 2000, 2010, and 2014
Table 3-6 Average On-Time Arrivals and Cancellations by Month: January 2003–January 2016
Table 3-7 Top 10 Worst Months for Canceled Flights Due to Weather: January 2003 to January 2016
Table 3-8 Public Transit System: 2000, 2010, and 2014
Table 3-9 Passenger Rail System: 2000, 2010, and 2014
Box 4-A Transportation Satellite Accounts: 2012
Figure 4-1 Percent of GDP by Spending Category: 1991–2014
Figure 4-2 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Highway Passenger Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT): 1990–2014
Figure 4-3 Passenger Transportation Services Index: January 2000–December 2015
Figure 4-4 Average Household Expenditures by Spending Category: 2014
Figure 4-5 Gasoline and Diesel Retail Prices: January 1995–February 2016
Figure 4-6 Percent Change in Consumer Prices: 2014–2015
Figure 4-7 Average Total Cost of Owning and Operating an Automobile: 1990–2014
Figure 4-8 Average Airfare for Domestic Flights: 2000 Q1–2015 Q4
Figure 4-9 Load Factor and Average Airfare: 2000–2015
Figure 4-10 GDP Attributed to Transportation Mode: 2012
Figure 4-11 Employment and Wages for Select Occupations in Passenger Travel: 2014
Table 4-1: Real Output by Transportation Related Tourism Services and Commodities: 2013 and 2014
Table 4-2 Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Selected Transportation-Related Industries: 2000, 2010 and 2014
Box 5-A Fatality Definition by Mode
Figure 5-1 Fatality Rates for Selected Transportation Modes: 1990–2014
Figure 5-2 Highway Crash Fatalities: 2014
Figure 5-3 Number of Highway Fatalities by Age and Gender: 2000 and 2014
Figure 5-4 Rate of Highway Fatalities by Age and Gender: 2000 and 2014
Figure 5-5 State Laws on Distracted Driving Ban on Hand-Held Devices and Texting While Driving: February 2016
Figure 5-6 Number and Percent of Alcohol-Related v. Nonalcohol-Related Highway Fatalities: 2000–2014
Figure 5-7 Number and Percent of Alcohol-Related v. Nonalcohol-Related Recreational Boating Fatalities: 2001–2014
Figure 5-8 Injury Rates for Select Transportation Modes: 1990–2014
Figure 5-9 Energy Use by Transportation Mode: 2013
Figure 5-10 Energy Intensity of Passenger Modes: 1990–2014
Figure 5‑11 Average Fuel Efficiency of U.S. Passenger Cars and Light Trucks: 1990–2014
Figure 5-12 Vehicle-Miles of Travel and Fuel Use by Personal Vehicles: 1965-2014
Figure 5-13 Transportation-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 2014
Figure 5-14 CO2 GHG Emissions by Mode: 1990–2014
Table 5-1 Fatalities by Selected Passenger Transportation Mode: 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2014
Table 5-2: Injured Persons by Selected Passenger Transportation Mode: 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2014
Table 5-3 Fuel and Electricity Consumption by Transportation Mode: 2000, 2010, and 2014

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