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(Thousand barrels per day, average; rank in 2002)
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1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2002 Canada 455 770 934 1,332 1,807 1,971 Saudi Arabia 1,261 168 1,339 1,344 1...Excel | CSV
1985 1990 1995 2000 2001 Persons screened (millions) 993 1,145 1,263 1,812 1,320 Firearms detected 2,913 2,549 2,390 1,937 1,071 Handguns 2,823 2,490 2,230 1,643 1,008...Excel | CSV
Mode 1970 1980 1990 2000 2002 Air carrier 107 19 29 27 20 Commuter air carrier N 14 11 7 0 On-demand air taxi N 43 36 12 13 General aviation 715 681 409 310 312...Excel | CSV
Number of vehicles Fatalities Alcohol involvement Percent Occupants 37,232 14,862 40 Single-vehicle crashes 18,564 9,170 49 Two-vehicle...Excel | CSV
Number % Passenger car occupants 20,320 45.2 Light-truck occupants 11,723 26.1 Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles 4,901 10.9 Motorcyclists 3,197 7.1...Excel | CSV
Mode 1970 1980 1990 2000 2002 Large air carriera 146 1 39 92 P0 Commuter air carriera N 37 R6 5 P0 On-demand air taxia N 105 51 71 P35 General aviationa 1,310 1,239 767 R595 P576...Excel | CSV
Mode Components Highway Public roads 46,747 miles of Interstate highway 114,790 miles of other National Highway System roads 3,820,134 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 2002 Resident population (thousands) 226,542 288,...Air carrier—Certificated provider of scheduled and nonscheduled services.
Chained dollars—A method to measure real changes in dollar values between years that uses chain-type indices, rather than constant dollars. The method first calculates...