Urban Highway Travel Times - Box 3-A

Developed by the Texas Transportation Institute, the Travel Time Index is the ratio of peak period travel time to free-flow travel time. A value of 1.0 indicates that traffic is moving freely. A value of 1.3 indicates that it takes 30...

Figure 4-5 - U.S. Railroad Freight Traffic: 1992-2002

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SOURCE: Association of American of Railroads, Railroad Facts 2003 (Washington, DC: 2003).

Lift- or Ramp-Equipped Buses and Rail Stations - Box 7-B

While the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 requires public transit services, under specific conditions, to be accessible to persons with special needs, it did not impose a statutory...

Highway Condition - Box 11- A

The Federal Highway Administration classifies roads according to the type of service provided and the type of area (urban or rural). There are three main types of roads: 1) arterials that provide the highest level of...

Figure 2-12 - Waterborne Freight Flows in the United States: 1998

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Federal Highway Administration, and Office of Intermodalism (Office of the Secretary), GeoFreight, CD (Washington, DC: 2003...

Figure 5-3 - Share of Long-Distance Trips by Mode: 2001

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NOTES: Other includes watercraft (e.g., ship, ferry, and motorboat); taxi, limousine, and hotel/airport shuttle; bicycle and walking; and other not elsewhere classified.

Figure 2-17 - Freight and Passenger Train-Miles: 1992-2002

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SOURCE: Class I rail freight train-miles: Association of American Railroads (AAR), Railroad Facts 2003 (Washington, DC: 2003), p. 33. Intercity/Amtrak train-miles: 1992–...

U.S. International Trade in Transportation-Related Goods - Box 12-A

Trade balances indirectly measure the U.S. competitiveness in supplying transportation-related goods globally and indicate the U.S. competitive position in the production, provision, and...

Figure 9-12 - Estimated Sources of Payment for Motor Vehicle Crashes: 2000

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KEY: NA = not applicable.

NOTE: Figure 9-12 does not include payments by sources other than the government, insurers, and individuals...

Figure 8-6 - New and Rebuilt Locomotives and Freight Cars: 1992-2002

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NOTE: Locomotive data are for Class I railroads only. Freight car data cover Class I railroads, other railroads, and private car owners.

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