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Box 2-2 Transportation-Related Final Demand

Friday, January 6, 2017

Transportation-related final demand is the most complete measure of transportation’s role in the economy, specifically gross domestic product (GDP). Transportation-related final demand includes:

  • For-hire transportation services

  • Motor vehicle purchases

  • Motor vehicle fuels, lubricants, and fluids

  • Government transportation-related purchases

  • Gross private domestic investment in transportation

  • Net exports of transportation-related goods and services