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Labor Productivity in Transportation

Labor Productivity in Transportation

Labor productivity (output per hour) in the for-hire transportation services and petroleum pipeline industries increased by 20 percent from 1990 to 2000. This compares with an increase of 45 percent for all manufacturing and 23 percent for the overall...

Government Transportation Revenues

Government Transportation Revenues

Federal, state, and local government transportation revenues earmarked to finance transportation programs1 increased from $82.2 billion in 1990 to $113.6 billion in 2000 (in 1996 chained dollars2) for an annual inflation-adjusted growth rate of 3 percent (...

Lift- or Ramp-Equipped Buses and Rail Stations

Lift- or Ramp-Equipped Buses and Rail Stations

The nationwide fleet of lift- or ramp-equipped transit buses increased to 87 percent (58,785 buses) in 2001 from 52 percent of the bus fleet (29,088 buses) in 1993 (figure 48). While increased compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA...

Commercial Motor Vehicle Repairs

Commercial Motor Vehicle Repairs

In the United States, there were nearly 600,000 motor carriers—common, contract, or private—using buses or trucks to provide commercial transportation of passengers or freight in 2000 [2]. These companies accounted for 28 percent of the nation...

Transportation Services

Transportation Services

The contribution of for-hire transportation industries to the U.S economy, as measured by their value-added (or net output), increased (in 1996 chained dollars1) from $181 billion in 1990 to $270 billion in 2001 (figure 102). In the same time period, this segment...