Figure 7-1 - Average Household Transportation Expenditures: 1993-2003

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NOTES: Data are based on survey results. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) uses the term consumer unit rather than household.  BLS defines consumer...

Figure 7-3 - Average Amtrak Revenue per Passenger-Mile: 1993-2003

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NOTE: To eliminate the effects of inflation over time, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics converted current dollars (see table 7-3 in appendix B) to chained 2000...

Figure 2-11 - Average Age of Selected Transit Vehicles: 1993-2003

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NOTE: Full-size transit buses have more than 35 seats.

SOURCE: Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration,...

Figure 13-5 - Average Capacity of Vessels Calling at U.S. Ports by Selected Type: 1998-2003

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KEY: dwt = deadweight tons.

NOTE: Calls are by oceangoing vessels of 10,000 dwt or greater at U.S. ports, excluding Great...

BOX 2-B - Classification of Airports in the United States

There were nearly 20,000 airports1 in the United States , with about 5,300 of these open to the public and known as public-use airports, as of January 2004. The Federal Aviation Administration includes about 3,...

BOX 5-C - Rail Freight Times Data

To improve understanding of rail freight travel times, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) calculated the average overall line-haul speeds for the rail freight industry using published rail industry operational performance data....

Labor Productivity in Transportation

Labor productivity (output per hour) in the for-hire transportation services industries increased by 18 percent from 1992 to 2002. This compares with an increase of 47 percent for all manufacturing and 24 percent for the overall business...

Commuting to Work

Nearly 9 out of 10 workers in 2003 traveled to work by car, truck, or van; and most of those who drove to work did so alone (figure 4-9). Between 1993 and 2003, the share of workers driving to work alone rose from 77 to 79 percent, while carpooling declined...

Lock Downtime on the Saint Lawrence Seaway

Locks along the Saint Lawrence Seaway (the Seaway) are usually closed from late December to late March because of ice. At other times of the year, shipping can be disrupted when locks are closed for other reasons, such as vessel...

Government Transportation Revenues

Federal, state, and local government transportation revenues dedicated to finance transportation programs1 increased from $97.4 billion in fiscal year 1991 to $122.1 billion in fiscal year 2001 (in 2000 chained dollars2) for an annual...