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Items 2003 2004 Other cutting instruments 2,973,413 3,567,731 Knives 1,961,849 2,058,652 Incendiaries and explosive/flammable materials 494,123 693,649...Excel | CSV
1990 1995 2000 2004 Highway 7,297 12,869 15,063 12,977 Accident related 249 253 327 233 Injuries 311 296 164 156 Fatalities 8 7 16 10 Rail 1,279 1,155 1,058...Excel | CSV
Mode 1970 1980 1990 2000 2004 Air carrier 107 19 29 29 P19 Commuter air carrier N 14 11 7 P1 On-demand air taxi N 43 36 12 P18 General aviation 715 681 409 309 P266...Excel | CSV
Number of vehicles Fatalitiesa Alcohol involve-mentb Percentc Occupants 37,142 14,195 38 Single-vehicle crashes 18,288 8,808 48 Two-vehicle crashes...Excel | CSV
Category Number % Passenger car occupants 19,460 43.3 Light-truck occupants 12,444 27.7 Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles 4,749 10.6 Motorcyclists 3,661 8.2 Other and...Excel | CSV
Mode 1970 1980 1990 2000 2004 Large air carriera 146 1 39 92 P14 Commuter air carriera N 37 6 5 P0 On-demand air taxia N 105 51 71 P65 General aviationa 1,310 1,239 767 596...Excel | CSV
Mode Components Highway Public roads 46,837 miles of Interstate highway 115,319 miles of other National Highway System roads 3,835,305 miles of other roads Air...Statistics published in this Pocket Guide to Transportation come from many different sources. Some statistics are based on samples and are subject to sampling variability. Statistics may also be subject to omissions and errors in reporting, recording, and processing.
America's transportation system continues to change along with the population, work force, and economy. The following table puts those changes in perspective:
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Context 1980 2004 Resident population (thous.) 226,542 293,655 Total area (...Air carrierCertificated provider of scheduled and nonscheduled services.
Chained dollarsA method to measure real changes in dollar values between years that uses chain-type indexes, rather than constant dollars. The method first calculates the real changes between...