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BOX 1-A Extent of the U.S. Transportation System

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

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MOTOR VEHICLES AND PUBLIC ROADS: 2005, 2011-2012

Public Road and Street Mileage by Functional Type (miles)

  2005 2011 2012
Interstate 46,608 46,960 47,432
Other freeways and expressways 10,560 11,495 11,469
Other principal arterial 156,959 156,262 156,613
Minor arterial 237,081 242,942 243,426
Collectors 790,495 797,645 796,997
Local 2,753,932 2,814,925 2,828,809
TOTAL, Mileage 3,995,635 4,070,228 4,084,746
TOTAL, Bridges 595,362 605,087 607,378
TOTAL, Lane-Miles 8,371,718 8,567,618 8,606,003

 

Motor Vehicle Registrations by Type

  2005 2011 2012
Light-duty vehicle, short wheel base U 183,522,635 183,171,882
Passenger Car 136,568,083 U U
Motorcycle 6,227,146 8,330,210 8,454,939
Other 2-axle 4-tire vehicles 95,336,839 U U
Light-duty vehicle, long wheel base U 50,318,787 50,588,676
Truck, single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more 6,395,240 7,819,055 8,190,286
Truck, combination 2,086,759 2,451,638 2,469,094
Bus 807,053 666,064 764,509
TOTAL, Registered vehicles 247,421,120 253,108,389 253,639,386

 

Person-Miles Travelled (millions)

  2005 2011 2012
Light duty vehicle, short wheel base U 2,843,075 2,866,797
Passenger cars 3,312,355 U U
Motorcycle 17,492 19,972 22,940
Light duty vehicle, long wheel base U 807,148 803,023
Other 2-axle 4-tire vehicles 1,007,637 U U
Truck, single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more 109,735 103,803 104,960
Truck, combination 175,128 163,791 163,358
Bus 278,864 292,716 312,797
TOTAL, Highway PMT 4,901,211 4,230,505 4,273,876

 

Vehicle-Miles Travelled (millions)

  2005 2011 2012
Light duty vehicle, short wheel-base U 2,046,282 2,063,357
Passenger cars 1,708,421 U U
Motorcycle 10,454 18,542 21,298
Light duty vehicle, long wheel-base U 604,175 601,088
Other 2-axle 4-tire vehicles 1,041,051 U U
Truck, single-unit 2-axle 6-tire or more 78,496 103,803 104,960
Truck, combination 144,028 163,791 163,358
Bus 6,980 13,807 14,755
TOTAL, Highway VMT 2,989,430 2,950,402 2,968,815

KEY: U = Data are unavailable.

NOTE: PMT and VMT for 2005 are not comparable to data for 2011 and 2012. Motor bus and demand response figures are also included in the bus figure for highway.

SOURCES: Public Roads and Street Mileages, Bridges, and Lane-miles: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Highway Statistics (multiple years), as cited in the USDOT. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). National Transportation Statistics (NTS). Tables 1-5, 1-11, and 1-6. Available at http://www.bts.gov/ as of September 2014. Motor Vehicles: 2005, 2011: USDOT/FHWA as cited in the USDOT/BTS/NTS. Table 1-11. Available at http://www.bts.gov/ as of September 2014. 2012: USDOT/FHWA, Highway Statistics 2012.VM-1. PMT: USDOT/FHWA as cited in USDOT/BTS/NTS. Table 1-40. Available at http://www.bts.gov/ as of September 2014. VMT: USDOT/FHWA as cited in USDOT/BTS/NTS. Table 1-35. Available at http://www.bts.gov/ as of September 2014.

 

AIR: 2005, 2011-2012

Number of U.S. Airports

  2005 2011 2012
Public use 5,270 5,172 5,171
Private use 14,584 14,339 14,269
Military U 271 271
TOTAL, Airports 19,854 19,782 19,711

 

Number of U.S. Aircraft

  2005 2011 2012
General aviation aircraft 224,257 220,453 209,034
Commercial aircraft 7,686 7,166 6,911
TOTAL, Aircraft 231,943 227,619 215,945
TOTAL, Pilots 609,737 617,128 610,576

 

Passenger Enplanements

  2005 2011 2012
Domestic flights 657,261,487 638,247,667 642,289,482
International flights of U.S. carriers 143,588,422 163,848,419 170,830,193
TOTAL, Passenger enplanements 800,849,909 802,096,086 813,119,675

 

Passenger Miles (thousands)

  2005 2011 2012
Domestic, revenue passenger-miles (RPM) 570,854,623 564,685,475 569,930,849
International on U.S. carriers, RPM 451,385,768 535,759,571 557,970,427
TOTAL, Air RPM 1,022,240,392 1,100,445,046 1,127,901,276

 

Freight Miles (thousands)

  2005 2011 2012
Domestic, enplaned revenue ton-miles 15,745,785 12,133,733 12,367,270
International on U.S. carriers, enplaned revenue ton-miles 50,209,202 52,525,633 49,996,101
TOTAL, Enplaned revenue ton-miles 65,954,987 64,659,366 62,363,371

NOTE: The Federal Aviation Administration estimated the 2011 numbers of General Aviation, including air taxis. Commercial Aircraft includes mainline and regional aircraft.

SOURCES: Airports: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as cited in USDOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics. Available at http://www.bts.gov/ as of October 2014. Aircraft and Pilots: USDOT/FAA. FAA Aerospace Forecast, Fiscal Years (multiple issues). Available at www.faa.gov as of September 2014. Passenger enplanements: USDOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Office of Airline Information (OAI), T-100 Market data. Available at http://www.transtats.bts.gov/ as of December 2013. RPM and Enplaned Revenue Ton-miles: USDOT, BTS, OAI, T100 Segment data. Available at http://www.transtats.bts.gov/ as of December 2013.

 

TRANSIT: REVENUE YEARS 2005, 2011-2012

Number of Transit Vehicles

  2005 2011 2012
Motor bus 62,284 59,871 64,288
Light rail cars 1,645 1,969 2,297
Heavy rail cars 11,110 14,942 11,422
Trolley bus 615 479 594
Commuter rail cars and locomotives 6,290 6,971 7,307
Demand response 28,346 31,846 36,988
Ferry boat 126 140 149
Other 11,496 20,396 16,649
TOTAL, Transit Vehicles 121,912 136,614 139,694

 

Person-Miles (millions)

  2005 2011 2012
Motor bus 19,425 19,883 21,272
Light rail 1,700 2,198 2,431
Heavy rail 14,418 17,317 17,629
Trolley bus 173 160 163
Commuter rail 9,470 11,314 11,257
Demand response 738 879 892
Ferry boat 359 389 405
Other 842 2,189 1,457
TOTAL, Transit Person-Miles 47,125 54,328 55,506

 

Unlinked Trips (billions)

  2005 2011 2012
Motor bus 5.33 5.23 5.30
Light rail cars 0.42 0.46 0.50
Heavy rail cars 2.81 3.65 3.78
Commuter rail cars and locomotives 0.38 0.48 0.49
Demand response 0.09 0.10 0.11
Other 0.14 0.16 0.26

NOTES: Motor bus includes Bus (MB), Commuter Bus (CB), and Bus Rapid Transit (RB). Light Rail includes Light Rail (LR) and Streetcar Rail (SR). Commuter rail includes Commuter Rail, 2080 Hybrid Rail (YR), and 9030 Hybrid Rail (YR). Demand response includes Demand Response (DR) and Demand Response Taxi (DT).

SOURCES: Transit Vehicles: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). Federal Transit Administration (FTA). National Transit Database (NTD) as cited in USDOT. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). National Transportation Statistics (NTS). Table 1-11. Available at http://www.bts.gov/ as of December 2013. Passenger-miles: USDOT/FTA/NTD as cited in USDOT/BTS/NTS. Table 1-40. Available at http://www.bts.gov/ as of December 2013. Unlinked Trips: USDOT/FTA/NTD, Annual Data Tables (multiple tables), available at http://www.ntdprogram.gov/ as of December 2013.

 

RAIL: FISCAL YEARS 2005, 2011-2012

Equipment and Mileage Operated by Amtrak

  FY2005 FY2011 FY2012
Locomotives U 484 416
Passenger cars U 1,543 1,455
System mileage 22,007 21,225 21,300
Stations 518 517 518
Passengers (million) 25 31 31
Passenger-miles travelled 5,381 6,670 6,804

 

Equipment and Mileage Operated by Class I

  2005 2011 2012
Locomotives 22,779 24,250 24,707
Freight cars 474,839 380,699 364,025
System mileage 95,664 95,514 95,391
Ton-miles (trillion) 1.7 1.7 1.7

KEY: FY = Fiscal Year. U = Data are unavailable

NOTE: Fiscal year ending in September.

SOURCES: Amtrak: Locomotives, Railcars, and System mileage: Amtrak, National Fact Sheet (Annual issues). Available at www.amtrak.com as of September 2013. Stations and Passenger-miles travelled: Amtrak as cited in U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). National Transportation Statistics (NTS). Tables 1-7 and 1-40. Available at http://www.bts.gov/ as of September 2013. Class I railroads: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Annual issues) as cited in USDOT/BTS/NTS. Tables 1-11 and 1-49, available at http://www.bts.gov/ as of September 2013.

 

WATER: 2005, 2011-2012

  2005 2011 2012
U.S.-Flag privately owned merchant fleet (1,000 GT or over) 231 214 198
Recreational boats, millions 13 12 12
Lock chambers 257 239 239
Lock sites 212 193 193
Waterway facilities (including cargo handling docks) 9,399 8,197 8,214
Seaports (handling over 250,000 tons) 195 179 180
Miles of navigable waterways 26,000 25,320 25,320

 

U.S.-Flag Vessels

  2005 2011 2012
Barge/non-self-propelled vessels 33,152 31,498 31,550
Self-propelled vessels 8,976 8,979 8,927
TOTAL, Vessels 42,128 40,521 40,530

KEY: GT = Gross Tons.

NOTE: U.S.-Flag privately owned merchant fleet includes only oceangoing self-propelled, cargo-carrying vessels of 1,000 GT and above.

SOURCES: Fleet: U.S. Department of Transportation. Maritime Administration. 2000-2014 U.S.-Flag Privately-Owned Fleet Summary (Released 01/07/2014. Available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/ as of September 2014. Recreational boats: U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Coast Guard. 2012 Recreational Boating Statistics. Available at http://www.uscgboating.org/ as of September 2013. Locks, Facilities, Waterways, Seaports, and Vessels: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Institute for Water Resources. Navigation Data Center. The U.S. Waterway System: Transportation Facts and Information (Annual issues). Available at http://www.navigationdatacenter.us/ as of January 2014.

 

PIPELINE: 2005, 2011-2012

Gas Distribution Systems Mileage

  2005 2011 2012
Distribution, main mileage 1,165,020 1,238,495 1,246,463
Distribution, estimated Service mileage 797,331 881,883 891,981
TOTAL, Gas Distribution 1,962,351 2,120,378 2,138,444

 

Natural Gas Transmission & Gathering Systems Mileage

  2005 2011 2012
Onshore transmission 294,800 299,641 298,454
Offshore transmission 5,668 5,313 4,848
TOTAL, Transmission 300,468 304,954 303,303
Onshore gathering 16,220 13,687 10,628
Offshore gathering 7,534 6,494 6,101
TOTAL, Gathering 23,754 20,181 16,729
TOTAL, Gas transmission & gathering 324,222 325,136 320,031

 

Hazardous Liquid or Carbon Dioxide Systems Mileage

  2005 2011 2012
Crude oil 48,732 56,102 57,065
Petroleum / Refined products 62,899 64,117 64,037
Highly volatile liquids 51,284 58,599 59,853
CO2 or other 3,846 4,550 4,655
Fuel grade ethanol U 16 16
TOTAL, Hazardous Liquid or CO2 Systems 166,760 183,384 185,626

KEY: U = Data are unavailable

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline Hazardous Material Safety Administration. Accident Incident and Mileage Summary Statistics, Available at http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/ as of February 2014.