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Table 8 - Investment in Rolling Stock as Percentage of GDP by Sector and by Mode, Average for 1977-2000

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Table 8 - Investment in Rolling Stock as Percentage of GDP by Sector and by Mode, Average for 1977-2000

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  Highway/
Transit		 Air Water Railroad
Government 0.092 NA NA NA
Transportation industries 0.162 0.134 0.029 0.056
Non-transportation industries 0.915 0.092 0.025 0.025
Households 3.570 0.014 0.122 NA
Total 4.738 0.241 0.177 0.081

Key: NA = Data not available

Notes: Transportation industries cover establishments involved in providing railroad transportation, local and interurban passenger transit services, trucking and warehousing, water transportation, air transportation, pipelines except natural gas, and transportation services.
Non-transportation industries include agriculture, mining and construction, manufacturing, communications, utilities, trade, finance, insurance and real estate, and services industries.

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.