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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 20001 than did 11 out of 24 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries (figure 12-1). However, the nation’s top two...

Multifactor Productivity

Multifactor Productivity

Multifactor productivity (MFP) in air transportation increased by 16 percent between 1991 and 2001 (an average annual rate of 1.5 percent), while in the overall private business sector, MFP increased by 10 percent (just under 1 percent annually) (figure 1-3). Thus, the...

Geography of Domestic Freight Flows

Geography of Domestic Freight Flows

The U.S. transportation system carried 18 percent more tons of freight in 2002 than in 1993 [2]. This growth was unevenly distributed in terms of geography and by mode, in part because of the differing characteristics of truck, waterborne, and rail modes and...

Daily Passenger Travel - Box 5-A

Daily Passenger Travel - Box 5-A 2001 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS)

The 2001 NHTS was sponsored by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the Federal Highway Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Households were asked about all the trips1 they took on a...

Figure 11-7 - Urban Bridge Condition by Functional Class: 2002

Figure 11-7 - Urban Bridge Condition by Functional Class: 2002

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NOTES: Functionally obsolete refers to bridges that do not have the lane widths, shoulder widths, or vertical clearances adequate to serve traffic demand, or the bridge may...