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Better Road Congestion Measures are Needed
Better Road Congestion Measures are Needed Road congestion is growing worse as demand outstrips new roadway construction and other efforts to increase traffic flows. Better ways to measure congestion are needed to effectively address the problem. Actual measures of speeds and delays are...Issue Brief Number 3 - Transportation Difficulties Keep Over Half a Million Disabled at Home
Issue Brief Number 3 - Transportation Difficulties Keep Over Half a Million Disabled at HomeApril 2003
Table of Contents File Formats Entire Brief PDF(298KB) HTML(8KB) Reasons Expressed by Persons with Disabilities for Never Leaving Home...Transportation Difficulties Keep Over Half a Million Disabled at Home
Transportation Difficulties Keep Over Half a Million Disabled at HomePicture an environment precisely defined by the dimensions of home. Now imagine what its like never to leave. Finally, consider that a lack of transportation may sometimes be the main reason for such confinement....
Reasons Expressed by Persons with Disabilities for Never Leaving Home
Reasons Expressed by Persons with Disabilities for Never Leaving HomeExcel | CSV | Graphic Version
Don't have a car Public transportation availability or cost Physical problems due to disability Personal problems 45.1 31.2 28.6 26.2*...
Reasons Expressed by Persons with Disabilities for Never Leaving Home
Reasons Expressed by Persons with Disabilities for Never Leaving HomeExcel | CSV | Table Version
* Percent of total people who said they never leave home due to problems getting transportation they need (N = 560,823). An individual may...
Transportation Difficulties Keep Over Half a Million Disabled at Home
Transportation Difficulties Keep Over Half a Million Disabled at HomePicture an environment precisely defined by the dimensions of home. Now imagine what it's like never to leave. Finally, consider that a lack of transportation may sometimes be the main reason for such confinement...
Issue Brief Number 2 - Transportation Energy Efficiency Trends in the 1990s
Issue Brief Number 2 - Transportation Energy Efficiency Trends in the 1990sApril 2003
Table of Contents File Formats Entire Brief PDF(298KB) HTML(8KB) Figure 1-1. Total Transportation Activity, Energy Consumption, and Energy Efficiency...Transportation Energy Efficiency Trends in the 1990s
Transportation Energy Efficiency Trends in the 1990s In the 1990s The transportation sector showed little increase in energy efficiency as transportation activity and energy use continued to grow. Passenger travel energy-efficiency levels improved slightly, mainly due to efficiency...Figure 1-3 - Freight Transportation Activity, Energy Consumption, and Energy Efficiency Indexes, 1990=1
Figure 1-3 - Freight Transportation Activity, Energy Consumption, and Energy Efficiency Indexes, 1990=1Excel | CSV | Graphic Version
Freight 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Activity 1.00...