Figure 2-5 - Top Border Land Ports: 1997

NOTES: Data include transshipments between the United States and Mexico. Trade levels reflect the mode of transportation as a shipment entered or exited a U.S. Customs port. Alaska is not shown as its border land ports do not fit the...

Chapter Two - Transportation System Use and Performance

In 1997, the U.S. transportation system supported 4.4 trillion miles of passenger travel and about 4 trillion ton-miles of goods movement. This chapter describes how the system is used and how it performs.

Table 3-3 - Major Societal Functions in GDP

(Current $ billions)

Table 3-1 - Transportation-Related Components of U.S. GDP: 1993-98

(Current $ billions)

Figure 3-3 - Employment in Transportation Occupations: 1997

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 1999 (Washington, DC: Forthcoming).

Table 3-4 - U.S. Gross Domestic Product by For-Hire Transportation Industries

($ billions)

Table 3-5 - Household Transportation Expenditures: 1994-96

Figure 3-4 - Labor Productivity Trends by Mode

NOTES: Output is measured by quality-adjusted ton-miles and passenger-miles for railroad and air transportation, quality-adjusted ton-miles for trucking and pipelines, and passenger-miles for buses. No data are available for water...

Figure 3-2 - Modal Share of Transportation Industry Employment: 1997

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 1999 (Washington, DC: Forthcoming).

Table 3-2 - Transportation-Related Components of U.S. GDP: 1993-98

(Chained 1992 $ billions)