Transportation Indicators Highlights - August 2001
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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Transportation Indicators
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NOTE: The final issue of this report was December 2002. These reports are provided as a historical reference. A minimal number of indicators are being updated in the White House Economic Statistics Briefing Room.
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| Unused seat-miles in domestic commercial aviation measured 15 percent higher in May 2001 than in May 2000, while unused ton-miles in domestic air freight increased 11 percent. | HTML (5KB) |
Excel (58KB) |
CSV (7KB) |
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Excel (40KB) |
CSV (3KB) |
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| Aviation freight revenue load factor fell to 30 percent in May 2001, the lowest value in the five years of data currently available. | HTML (5KB) |
Excel (37KB) |
CSV (3KB) |
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| Over 75 percent of flights by major U.S. air carriers arrived on time (within 15 minutes of scheduled arrival time) in June 2001, compared to 66 percent in June 2000. | HTML (6KB) |
Excel (75KB) |
CSV (11KB) |
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| Inland waterway commercial tonnage was 4 percent lower in July 2001 compared to July 2000, largely due to a 6 percent decline in petroleum and chemical shipments. | HTML (4KB) |
Excel (26KB) |
CSV (2KB) |
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Excel (35KB) |
CSV (2KB) |
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| Consumer prices for transportation declined 0.5 percent in July 2001 compared to July 2000, while the CPI for all items rose over 2.5 percent. | HTML (7KB) |
Excel (2150KB) |
CSV (9KB) |
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| Consumer prices for gasoline declined 11 percent from June to July. | HTML (7KB) |
Excel (2453KB) |
CSV (11KB) |
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| Train miles per employee hour, a measure of railroad labor productivity, rose almost 15 percent in May 2001 compared to May 2000. | HTML (4KB) |
Excel (35KB) |
CSV (3KB) |
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| Manufacturers new orders for transportation equipment declined more than 3 percent between May and June 2001, while new orders for all manufacturing declined 2 percent. | HTML (5KB) |
Excel (46KB) |
CSV (4KB) |
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Excel (44KB) |
CSV (3KB) |
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| U.S. businesses spent 13 percent less (in inflation adjusted terms) on transportation equipment in the second quarter of 2001 compared to the second quarter of 2000. | HTML (5KB) |
Excel (32KB) |
CSV (2KB) |
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| Retail sales of heavy/medium trucks were 30 percent lower in July 2001 than in July 2000; car sales were 10 percent lower. Light truck sales declined slightly- about 1 percent. | HTML (4KB) |
Excel (24KB) |
CSV (2KB) |
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| Transportation energy consumption was more than 4 percent higher in April 2001 than in April 2000. | HTML (4KB) |
Excel (35KB) |
CSV (3KB) |
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The validity of these statements has not been statistically tested. BTS is designing a statistical monitoring process in order to apply statistical quality control techniques to the indicators data.