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Significant Regulatory Guidance
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Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments U.S. Department of Transportation

Norman Y. Mineta Secretary

Michael P. Jackson Deputy Secretary

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Ashish K. Sen Director

Rick Kowalewski Deputy Director

Susan J. Lapham Associate Director for...

Chapter Three Waterborne Transportation and the U.S. Economy

Chapter Three Waterborne Transportation and the U.S. Economy BTS

Demand for transportation-related goods and services represents about one-tenth of the U.S. economy and supports one in eight jobs. As the data in this chapter show, these goods and services...

Chapter Four Safety and Environment

Chapter Four Safety and Environment USCG

Water transportation provides economic benefits, mobility, and recreational opportunities, but it also creates unintended consequences, such as fatalities, injuries and property damage due to accidents, and...