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Airport Runway Conditions

Airport Runway Conditions

Airport runway conditions improved at the nation’s major public-use airports between 1990 and 2001 [1]. At the nation’s commercial service airports, pavement in poor condition declined from 5 percent of runways in 1990 to 2 percent in 2001 (figure 88)....

Figure 9 - Truck Freight Flows in the United States: 1998

Figure 9 - Truck Freight Flows in the United States: 1998

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, Operations Core Business Unit, Freight Analysis Framework (FAF).

Figure 90 - Median Age of Cars and Trucks: 1992-2002

Figure 90 - Median Age of Cars and Trucks: 1992-2002

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NOTE: “Trucks” represents all types of trucks, including light trucks (sport utility vehicles, vans, and pickup trucks).

SOURCES: U.S...

Relative Prices for Transportation Goods and Services

Relative Prices for Transportation Goods and Services

The United States had relatively lower prices for transportation goods and services in 19991 than did 15 out of 25 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries (figure 95). However, the nation’s top two...

Multifactor Productivity

Multifactor Productivity

Multifactor productivity (MFP) in rail transportation increased by 30 percent between 1990 and 1999 (an average annual rate of 3 percent), while in the overall private business sector, MFP increased by 8 percent (less than 1 percent annually) (figure 3). Thus, the...

Transportation Fatality Rates - Box

Transportation Fatality Rates - Box Data for Calculating Years of Potential Life Lost

Data used here come from a national mortality database compiled by the Centers for Disease Control’s National Center for Health Statistics. Years of potential life lost (YPLL) are computed from this...