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Table 11 - Investment in Rolling Stock as Percent of GDP by Mode, 1977-2000

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Table 11 - Investment in Rolling Stock as Percent of GDP by Mode, 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
Highways/Transit 5.07 5.32 4.89 3.95 4.02 3.95 4.40 4.82 5.31 5.48 5.15 4.81 4.83 4.36 4.11 4.51 4.82 4.81 4.83 4.53 4.71 4.94 5.05 5.03
Air 0.23 0.24 0.32 0.33 0.27 0.24 0.23 0.19 0.20 0.23 0.24 0.24 0.18 0.24 0.26 0.26 0.23 0.17 0.20 0.18 0.20 0.24 0.33 0.33
Water 0.29 0.27 0.30 0.25 0.26 0.21 0.16 0.18 0.16 0.17 0.18 0.18 0.17 0.15 0.14 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.17
Railroad 0.14 0.17 0.22 0.20 0.11 0.07 0.04 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.07

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.