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The geography of freight flows by mode is determined, for the most part, by the distribution of population and industry and availability of transportation infrastructure. The effect of transportation infrastructure is especially pronounced...
The United States had relatively lower prices for transportation goods and services in 20011 than did 9 out of 24 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries (figure 11-1). However, the...
There were 3,045 collisions between trains and highway users in 2004, of which 319 involved at least one fatality (figure 3-9). These 319 fatal accidents resulted in 368 fatalities, 41 percent of the 896 rail-related fatalities in 20041...
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NOTES: Includes only passengers traveling to and from the United States on major airlines (commercial airlines with operating revenues...
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KEY: ADA = Americans with Disabilities Act.
NOTE: Data do not include automated guideway, jitney, and inclined plane transit stations.
...Multifactor productivity (MFP) in air transportation increased by 16 percent between 1991 and 2001 (an annual rate of 1.5 percent), while in the overall private business sector, MFP increased by 10 percent (just under 1 percent annually) (figure 8-3...
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NOTE: To make it easier to compare data of differing magnitudes over time, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics divided the...
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KEY: GDP = Gross Domestic Product.
NOTES: Total transportation-related final demand is the sum of all consumer, private business, and...
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NOTES: Transportation-related services include passenger fares and freight and port services. They exclude receipts and payments for travel services,...
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 percent...