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Table 6 Airline Passenger Screening Results

Table 6 Airline Passenger Screening Results

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  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...

Table 5 Injured Persons by Transportation Mode

Table 5 Injured Persons by Transportation Mode

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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...

Table 2 Fatalities by Transportation Mode

Table 2 Fatalities by Transportation Mode

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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...

Table 1 The Transportation Network: 2002

Table 1 The Transportation Network: 2002

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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...

Preface

Preface

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.

Introduction

Introduction

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,...

Glossary

Glossary

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...