Table 2 - Growth in Transportation Investment by Type of Asset Compared with Growth in GDP, 1977-2000
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Table 2 - Growth in Transportation Investment by Type of Asset Compared with Growth in GDP, 1977-2000
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| 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure | -7.56151 | 9.272799 | 8.877926 | -3.40444 | -10.8802 | -11.6882 | 7.126564 | 16.92868 | 9.005437 | -0.40575 | 1.090296 | 3.065963 | 1.446202 | 7.141462 | 0.297304 | 2.396809 | 5.606882 | 4.433754 | -4.03545 | 1.917559 | 6.281507 | 7.369851 | 7.092436 | -2.68717 |
| Rolling stock | 16.3245 | 10.0392 | -1.24933 | -16.7874 | 2.200975 | -4.25681 | 15.46412 | 17.0932 | 13.19519 | 5.780586 | -2.05254 | -0.21413 | 3.49184 | -5.48015 | -5.10799 | 11.00171 | 8.730923 | 1.20521 | 3.677284 | -2.59603 | 11.53955 | 12.10506 | 7.647588 | 5.33744 |
| Other equipment | 24.31931 | 81.28422 | 57.00165 | 4.704442 | -11.6419 | -16.3894 | 3.707891 | 39.37214 | -2.4871 | 14.9984 | -11.0894 | 19.89332 | 4.645381 | -12.042 | -10.3782 | 24.15926 | 31.05915 | 35.01657 | 17.78339 | 7.846503 | 23.70829 | 9.653556 | 0.364551 | 22.82899 |
| Total investment | 12.0572 | 10.43031 | 0.923586 | -14.2673 | -0.45181 | -5.68848 | 14.00569 | 17.42279 | 12.31088 | 5.086199 | -1.80718 | 0.548115 | 3.234686 | -3.91439 | -4.39334 | 9.871422 | 8.697039 | 2.436928 | 2.984377 | -1.62668 | 11.26346 | 11.36923 | 7.27492 | 4.98183 |
| U.S. GDP | 4.640861 | 5.514429 | 3.182372 | -0.22801 | 2.45057 | -2.02549 | 4.329884 | 7.265748 | 3.849088 | 3.416068 | 3.397943 | 4.172869 | 3.507945 | 1.761279 | -0.4696 | 3.049548 | 2.65407 | 4.036757 | 2.668862 | 3.571145 | 4.432243 | 4.282125 | 4.114515 | 3.752116 |
Notes: All growth rates are calculated based on chained 1996 dollar values. Other equipment includes transportation industries' investment in all types of equipment excluding rolling stock.
Sources: BTS calculations based on data from U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), "Fixed Assets and Consumer Durables," "National Income and Product Account (NIPA) Tables," available at http://www.bea.gov, as of July 2002; and personal communication with BEA.