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State of Transportation Statistics - Box 1

State of Transportation Statistics - Box 1 The Unique Characteristics of Transportation Data

Transportation is about movement. Each movement of people or goods has a starting and ending point and follows a route. The size of such movements, as well as the potential demands for future travel...

Table 1 - Consumer Expenditure Trends

Table 1 - Consumer Expenditure Trends

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  1984 1990 2000 Average annual household expenditures (current $) $21,975 $28,381 $37,027 Category 1984 1990 2000 Percentage of total...

Figure 1 - Labor Productivity Trends by Mode

Figure 1 - Labor Productivity Trends by Mode

(Index: 1975 = 100)

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NOTES: Output is measured by quality-adjusted ton- and passenger-miles for railroad and air transportation, quality-adjusted ton-miles for trucking and pipelines...

Figure 1 - Highway Vehicle Trends: 1990-2000

Figure 1 - Highway Vehicle Trends: 1990-2000

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1Registered vehicles.

SOURCES: 1991-1995-U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Summary to 1995 (Washington, DC: 1997),...