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Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Box 10-B

Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Box 10-B Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data

Both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimate annual U.S. GHG emissions. EPA is responsible for producing the official inventory of U.S. emissions, as...

Transportation Services Index

Transportation Services Index

The Transportation Services Index (TSI), a new product of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), rose to 122.51 in March 2004, its highest level since January 1990 and a growth of 1.0 percent since the previous month (figure 13-1). The TSI is an...

Long-Distance Travel by Purpose and Mode

Long-Distance Travel by Purpose and Mode

Long-distance trips are those over 50 miles away from home. People in the United States took over half of their long-distance trips (56 percent) in 2001 for pleasure. These include trips to visit friends and relatives and for recreation. Another 16...

Transit Ridership

Transit Ridership

Transit ridership has grown steadily since 1995, reaching 9.0 billion unlinked trips (box 7-A) in 2002, an increase of 20 percent (figure 7-3). Between 1992 and 1995, total transit ridership declined 3 percent, and transit ridership growth between 2001 and 2002 (less than 1...

Commercial Freight Activity

Commercial Freight Activity

The nation’s freight transportation system, all modes combined, carried 15.8 billion tons of raw materials and finished goods in 2002, up 18 percent from 13.4 billion tons in 1993 (figure 2-9). The 2002 freight activity also represented 4,506 billion ton-miles...