Airport Runway Conditions - Box 11-B

As of December 2002, there were 19,572 airports1 in the United States, with 5,286 of these open to the public and known as public-use airports. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) includes 3,346...

Figure 10-9 - Hazardous Materials Injuries by Selected Mode: 1992-2002

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NOTES: Water data are not included on these figures but are included in the corresponding tables. On an average annual basis, 9 incidents were reported by vessels. Two...

Figure 7-4 - Detail of Commuter-Rail and Light-Rail Transit Ridership: 1992-2002

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Summaries and Trends, Annual Reports, available at http://www....

U.S. Air Carrier On-Time Performance

Almost 82 percent of domestic air carrier scheduled flights arrived on time in 2003, compared with 79 percent in 1995. Late flight arrivals totaled 16 percent in 2003, down from 20 percent in 1995 (figure 3-3). Overall, between 1995 and 2003, late, canceled...

Figure 2-3 - Passenger-Miles of Travel, U.S. Population, and Gross Domestic Product (GDP): 1991-2001

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NOTE: Total passenger-miles of travel (pmt) excludes motorcycle pmt and results in some double counting of bus pmt.

Figure 3-11 - Share of U.S. Residents Experiencing Significant Delays by Mode: December 2001-August 2002

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NOTE: See corresponding tables for information on months/years of original data.

SOURCE: USDOT, BTS,...

Highway Maintenance and Repairs

Work zones on freeways cause an estimated 24 percent of the nonrecurring delays on freeways and principal arterials [1]. According to the Federal Highway Administration, the purpose of maintenance—which includes restoration, resurfacing, minor widening,...

Figure 5-7 - Long-Distance Trips by Purpose and Mode: 2001

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NOTES: Other purpose includes spending the night, giving someone a ride, and responses not elsewhere classified. Excludes trips where purpose was not reported.

Figure 2-6 - Walking as a Share of Daily Person Trips by Selected Purpose and Distance: 2001

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NOTE: Other modes include only number of person-miles and person trips where a mode was reported.

SOURCE: U.S. Department...

Figure 5-6 - Share of Long-Distance Trips by Purpose: 2001

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NOTES: Other purpose includes spending the night, giving someone a ride, and responses not elsewhere classified. Excludes trips where purpose was not reported.