Figure 6: What Vessels Transport (2015)

Figure 5: Number of Vessels by Ownership and Operation (2015)

Table 1: Passenger and Vehicle Boarding Counts by State (2015)

2016 Highlights of Ferry Operations in the United States

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By Janine McFadden, Andrew Barrows, and Clara Reschovsky

NCFO Frequently Asked Questions

2024 NCFO Questionnaire

National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO)

Transit Profile

KEY:  ~ = included in heavy rail figure; + = included in motor bus figure; kWh = kilowatt hours; N = data do not exist; NA = not applicable; R = revised; U = data are not available; Z = a value too small to report.

^a After 2011, includes hybrid rail, light rail, and street car rail.

^b Excludes international, rural, rural interstate, island and urban park ferries.

^c Includes aerial tramway, automated guideway transit, cable car, inclined plane, monorail, publico, vanpool, jitney and Alaska railroad.

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Distribution of Transportation Fatalities by Mode

KEY:  N = data do not exist; NA = not applicable; R = revised.

^a Light trucks are defined as trucks of 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating or less, including pickups, vans, truck-based station wagons, and utility vehicles. Large trucks are defined as trucks over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, including single-unit trucks and truck tractors.

^b Includes occupants of other vehicle types, other nonmotorists, and unknown. For 1960-70, the U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety...

Transit Industry Electric Power and Primary Energy Consumption and Travel (Metric)

KEY:  kJ = kilojoule; N = data do not exist.

^a  Prior to 1984, excludes commuter rail, automated guideway, urban ferryboat, demand responsive vehicles, and most rural and smaller systems.

^b 1960 to 1991 data include propane. Series not continuous between 1991 and 1992. 1992 to 1995 data include propane, liquefied natural gas, bio/soy fuel, biodiesel, hydrogen, methanol and ethanol, except compressed natural gas. 1996 to 2001 data include only propane, liquefied natural gas, methanol and ethanol. 2002 to 2012 data include the...