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Transportation Services Index

Transportation Services Index

The Transportation Services Index (TSI) rose to 112.6 in May 2005,1 the highest level attained in the 15-year period beginning January 1990, and a 4.0 percent increase from its May 2004 level of 108.3 (figure 9-1). The TSI is an experimental,...

BOX 1-C - Measuring the Nation's Freight Movements

BOX 1-C - Measuring the Nation's Freight Movements

Accurately measuring the magnitude of freight movement is a challenge. No single data source provides complete and timely information on all freight transportation modes for all goods and sectors of the economy. The most...

Accessible Rail Stations and Buses

Accessible Rail Stations and Buses

Transit rail stations that are compliant with requirements under the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) (box 6-C) increased 178 percent from just 553 stations (out of 2,452) in 1993 to 1,537 stations (out of 2,799) in 2003 (figure 6-6)....

Figure 5-11 - Amtrak Hours of Delay by Cause: 2000-2004

Figure 5-11 - Amtrak Hours of Delay by Cause: 2000-2004

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NOTES: In 2000, Amtrak revised the methodology for reporting delays by cause, which makes data beginning in 2000 not comparable to previous years. See table 5-11 in appendix B...

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 1-11).1 The 2002 freight activity also represented 4,506...