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Coverage of existing statistics |
Major gaps in existing statistics |
Why the gaps matter |
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Transportation capital stocks |
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National estimates of the value of transportation capital stocks.
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State inventories of public capital stocks for asset management systems.
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Up-to-date depreciation rates by type of transportation infrastructure.
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Asset management for efficient mainte- nance of transportation condition and performance.
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Transportation expenditures and investments |
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Total transportation expenditures and investments by households, businesses, and government.
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Business investments and expenditures by mode of transportation.
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Differentiation of own account (in-house) transportation services from purchased trans- portation services.
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Expenditures reflect transportation’s contribution to the economy and the likely consequences on each sector of the economy of transportation investments and regulations.
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Transportation expenditures are also an indicator of general economic conditions.
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Transportation costs and prices |
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Gasoline and diesel prices.
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Costs of automobile ownership.
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Air carrier costs for selected categories.
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Carrier price indices.
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Cost to maintain highway and waterway condition.
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Trucking costs by type of cost.
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Rail costs based on actual operating expenses rather than regulatory formula.
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Comprehensive costs for bus, general aviation, pipeline.
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Cargo damage and loss.
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Cost data are used by businesses and consumers to make transportation choices and by government to identify the economic consequences of transportation investments and regulations.
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Transportation’s contribution to the economy |
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Transportation as a share of Gross Domestic Product by sector of the economy.
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Transportation embedded in other industries (the Transportation Satellite Account).
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Transportation employment.
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Transportation as a share of state and metropolitan domestic product.
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Economic activity enabled by transportation.
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Value of the transportation system and services to the economy.
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Input to establishing the appropriate size of investment programs and levels of revenue collection.
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