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Appendix A–Legislative Responsibilities, including Cross Reference

Thursday, April 7, 2016
FIGURE/TABLE No. HEADING/TITLE i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x xi
Chapter 1–Extent and Physical Condition of the U.S. Transportation System
BOX 1-A Extent of the U.S. Transportation System     x           x x  
BOX 1-B Condition of the U.S. Transportation System   x x                
BOX 1-C U.S. Cities With Bike-share Systems     x           x    
FIGURE 1-1 Annual Average Daily Traffic on the National Highway System     x           x    
FIGURE 1-2 Bridge Condition by Age   x x                
FIGURE 1-3 Licensed Drivers, Vehicle Registrations, and Resident Population     x     x          
FIGURE 1-4 Passengers Boarded On Domestic Flights at the Top 50 U.S. Airports     x     x     x    
FIGURE 1-5 Class I Railroad System Mileage v. Ton-miles of Freight     x             x  
FIGURE 1-6a Top 25 Busiest Amtrak Stations     x     x     x    
FIGURE 1-6b Amtrak Stations and Ridership Along the Northeast Corridor     x     x     x    
FIGURE 1-7 Average Number of Ferry Passengers and Vehicles by State     x     x     x x  
TABLE 1-1 Estimated Value of Transportation Capital Stock by Mode     x     x   x      
TABLE 1-2 Automated Track Inspection Program (ATIP) Exceptions per 100 Miles   x x                
TABLE 1-3 Selected Inland Waterway Lock Characteristics   x x                
Chapter 2–Moving People
BOX 2-A Impact of Gas Prices on Transit Ridership           x   x x    
BOX 2-B Health and Transportation           x   x x    
FIGURE 2-1a Average Annual Person Trips by Trip Purpose           x   x x    
FIGURE 2-1b Average Annual PMT by Trip Purpose           x   x x    
FIGURE 2-2 Workers Net Change by Mode of Transportation           x   x x    
FIGURE 2-3 Long-Term Trend in Trips per Day by Purpose           x   x x    
FIGURE 2-4 Annual Number of Person Trip by Purpose and Day of Week           x   x x    
FIGURE 2-5 Annual Number of Person Trips by Mode and Purpose           x   x x    
FIGURE 2-6 Percentage Commuting by Public Transportation           x   x x    
FIGURE 2-7a Foreign Visits by Main Markets         x     x x    
FIGURE 2-7b Percent Change from Previous Year in Total Foreign Visits         x     x x    
FIGURE 2-8 Airline Passenger Enplanements       x x x x x x x  
FIGURE 2-9 U.S. Gross Domestic Product and Highway Vehicle-Miles Travelled               x x    
FIGURE 2-10 Person-Miles of Travel per Household by Income Level                 x    
FIGURE 2-11 Daily Person-Miles of Travel by Age Group                 x    
FIGURE 2-12 Time Spent Traveling                 x    
FIGURE 2-13 Intermodal Passenger Facilities                 x    
FIGURE 2-14a How Workers Below the Poverty Level Get To Work               x x    
FIGURE 2-14b How Workers Get To Work               x x    
TABLE 2-1 Average Annual PMT, Person Trips and Trip Length by Trip Purpose                 x    
TABLE 2-2 Household Trip Length                 x    
TABLE 2-3 Commuting by Mode of Transportation                 x    
TABLE 2-4 Annual Airline (U.S. and Foreign Carriers) Passenger Enplanements                 x    
TABLE 2-5 Motor Coach Carriers, Coaches, Person Trips, and Person Trips per Coach by Fleet Size                 x    
Chapter 3–Moving Freight
BOX 3-A The Commodity Flow Survey and the Freight Analysis Framework           x   x   x  
FIGURE 3-1 Modal Share of Freight Value, Tonnage, Ton-miles by Distance           x   x   x  
FIGURE 3-2 Freight Flows by Highway, Railroad, and Waterway           x   x   x  
FIGURE 3-3 Field Production of Crude Oil           x   x   x  
FIGURE 3-4 Domestic Coal Shipments by Mode           x   x   x  
FIGURE 3-5 Rail Coal Shipments and Mode Share of Coal Shipments           x   x   x  
FIGURE 3-6 Top 25 U.S. International Trade Freight Gateways by Value           x   x   x  
FIGURE 3-7a U.S. International Merchandise Trade Value by Transportation Mode           x   x   x  
FIGURE 3-7b U.S. International Merchandise Trade Weight by Transportation Mode           x   x   x  
FIGURE 3-8 Top 25 Water Ports by Containerized Cargo           x   x   x  
FIGURE 3-9 Value of U.S. International Merchandise Trade by Coasts and Borders           x   x   x  
TABLE 3-1 Weight and Value of Shipments by Transportation Mode           x   x   x  
TABLE 3-2 Top Commodities by Weight and Value           x   x   x  
TABLE 3-3 Hazardous Materials Shipments by Mode of Transportation           x   x   x  
TABLE 3-4 Hazardous Materials Shipments by Hazard Class           x   x   x  
TABLE 3-5 Value and Tonnage of U.S. Merchandise Trade with Canada and Mexico           x   x   x  
Chapter 4–System Performance
BOX 4-A A System Performance User’s v. Operator’s Perspectives                      
FIGURE 4-1 Number of Jobs Accessible by Commute Time     x     x x        
FIGURE 4-2 Vehicle Travel and Travel Delays in Congestion Ranges     x     x x        
FIGURE 4-3 Percent of Congestion by Time of Day     x     x x        
FIGURE 4-4 National Flight Delays by Cause, Percent of Total Delay Minutes     x     x x        
FIGURE 4-5a Travel Time Index (TTI)     x     x x        
FIGURE 4-5b Planning Time Index (PTI)     x     x x        
FIGURE 4-5c Congested Hours     x     x x        
FIGURE 4-6 Total Number of Hours of Lock Closures     x     x x        
FIGURE 4-7 U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather Climate Disasters     x     x x        
TABLE 4-1 Annual Congestion Delay and Costs     x     x x        
TABLE 4-2 Percentage of All Delayed Flights by Length of Time Delayed     x     x x        
TABLE 4-3 Lock Characteristics and Delays with 5,000 or More Lockages     x     x x        
TABLE 4-4 Amtrak On-Time Performance Trends and Hours of Delay by Cause     x     x x        
Chapter 5–Transportation Economics
BOX 5-A Transportation Satellite Accounts (TSAs)       x x x x        
BOX 5-B Transportation Services Index (TSI)       x x x x        
FIGURE 5-1 Industry Contributions to Gross Domestic Product (GDP)       x x x x        
FIGURE 5-2 Contributions of For Hire and In-House Transportation to U.S. GDP       x x x x        
FIGURE 5-3 Transportation Required Per Dollar of Output by Sector       x x x x        
FIGURE 5-4 Detrended Freight TSI       x x x x        
FIGURE 5-5 Detrended Passenger TSI       x x x x        
FIGURE 5-6 Employment and Wages in Select Transportation-related Occupations       x x x x        
FIGURE 5-7 Labor Productivity Indicies for Select Transportation Industries       x x x x        
FIGURE 5-8 Revenue per Unit of Output for Passenger and Freight Transportation Modes       x x x x        
FIGURE 5-9 Personal Expenditures by Caregory       x x x x        
FIGURE 5-10 Average Household Expenditures by Major Spending Category       x x x x        
FIGURE 5-11 Value of Transportation Infrastructure Put in Place       x x x x        
FIGURE 5-12 Average Change in Prices Faced by Transportation Providers in Purchasing       x x x x        
FIGURE 5-13 Sales Price of Transportation Fuel to End-Users       x x x x        
FIGURE 5-14 Average Changes to Transportation Prices Faced by Businesses       x x x x        
FIGURE 5-15 Average Cost of Owning and Operating an Automobile       x x x x        
TABLE 5-1 U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to Transportation-Related Final Demand       x x x x        
TABLE 5-2 Employment in For-Hire Transportation and Select Transportation-Related Industries       x x x x        
TABLE 5-3 Employment in Select Transportation and Transportation-Related Occupations       x x x x        
TABLE 5-4 Average Household Expenditures by Income Quintile and Selected Characteristics       x x x x        
TABLE 5-5 Government Transportation Revenues       x x x x        
TABLE 5-6 Government Transportation Expenditures       x x x x        
Chapter 6–Transportation Safety
BOX 6-A Fatality Definition/Reporting by Mode x                    
BOX 6-B Drones Pose New Aviation Threat x                    
FIGURE 6-1 Licensed Drivers, Resident Population, Highway Fatalities, Highway Vehicle-miles Travelle x               x    
FIGURE 6-2 Fatality Rates by Mode of Transportation x                    
FIGURE 6-3 Highway Crash Fatalities x                    
FIGURE 6-4 Number of Highway Fatalities by Age and Gender x                    
FIGURE 6-5 Rate of Highway Fatalities by Age and Gender x                    
FIGURE 6-6 General Aviation Fatalities x                    
FIGURE 6-7 Injury Rates by Modes x                    
FIGURE 6-8 Drunk Driving x                    
FIGURE 6-9 Distracted Driving                      
FIGURE 6-10 State Laws on Distracted Driving—Ban on Hand-Held Devices and Texting While Driving x                    
FIGURE 6-11 State Laws on Motorcycle Helmet Use x                    
TABLE 6-1 Transportation Fatalities by Mode x                    
TABLE 6-2 Distribution of Transportation Fatalities by Mode x                    
TABLE 6-3 Transportation Injuries by Mode x                    
TABLE 6-4 Fatalities by Highest Blood Alcohol Concentration in Highway Crashes x                    
TABLE 6-5 Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes and Distraction-Affected Crashes Involving Cellphones x                    
TABLE 6-6 Estimated Lives Saved by Occupant Protection, Motorcycle Helmets, and 21-Year-Old Minimum Legal Drinking Age Law x                    
TABLE 6-7 Safety Belt and Motorcycle Helmet Use x                    
TABLE 6-8 Activity Summary of Roadside Safety Inspection By Motor Carrier Inspection Type x                    
TABLE 6-9 Hazardous Materials Transportation Incidents x                    
TABLE 6-10 All Reported Hazardous Liquid and Gas Incidents x                    
Chapter 7–Transportation Energy Use and Environmental Impacts
BOX 7-A Diesel-powered Automobiles                      
FIGURE 7-1 U.S. Energy Use by Sector                     x
FIGURE 7-2 Transportation Energy Use by Energy Source                     x
FIGURE 7-3 Energy Use by Mode of Transportation                     x
FIGURE 7-4 Transportation-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions                     x
FIGURE 7-5 Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Transportation Source                     x
FIGURE 7-6 Car and Truck Corporate Average Fuel Economy and Miles per Gallon                     x
FIGURE 7-7 Vehicle-Miles of Travel and Fuel Use by Personal Vehicles                 x x x
FIGURE 7-8 Energy Intensity of Passenger Modes                     x
FIGURE 7-9 Sales of Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid and Battery Electric Vehicles           x         x
FIGURE 7-10 E85-Ethanol Flex Fuel Refueling Stations by State                     x
FIGURE 7-11 Electric Vehicle Recharging Stations by State                     x
FIGURE 7-12 Compressed and Liquefied Natural Gas Refueling Stations by State                     x
FIGURE 7-13 Transportation Energy Use                     x
FIGURE 7-14 Highway Vehicle Fuel Use and Travel                     x
FIGURE 7-15 Indexes of Key Air Pollutant Emissions from U.S. Transportation                     x
FIGURE 7-16 Air Quality Index for 169 U.S. Cities                     x
FIGURE 7-17 Petroleum Spills Impacting Navigable Waterways                     x
FIGURE 7-18 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Releases and Cleanup                     x
TABLE 7-1 Transportation Energy Use by Mode                     x
Chapter 8–State of Transportation Statistics
TABLE 8-1 Statistics on the Extent, Use, Condition, and Performance of the Transportation System x x x x x x x x x x x
TABLE 8-2 Transportation Statistics on Passenger Travel x x x x x x x x x x x
TABLE 8-3 Transportation Statistics on Freight Movement x x x x x x x x x x x
TABLE 8-4 Statistics on Transportation’s Role in the Economy x x x x x x x x x x x
TABLE 8-5 Statistics on the Unintended Consequences of Transportation x x x x x x x x x x x