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Air Travel Time Index

Air Travel Time Index

Air travel times and the reliability of expected travel times are important determinants of customers' satisfaction, air system operating efficiency, and policymakers' success in meeting performance objectives. A major reason consumers choose to travel...

Daily Passenger Travel by Departure Time

Daily Passenger Travel by Departure Time

On an annual basis, people in the United States make about the same number of trips on weekdays (56.3 billion) as they do on weekend days (62.7 billion)1 [1]. However, trips made during the week are heavily concentrated in the morning and...

Rail Infrastructure and Equipment Repairs

Rail Infrastructure and Equipment Repairs

Railroads provide vital freight transportation services-carrying over two-fifths of domestic freight ton-miles each year [2]. Class I railroads1 maintained 169,069 miles of track in 2003, down 9 percent from 186,288 miles in 1993 [1]....

BOX 7-A - Air Travel Price Index (ATPI)

BOX 7-A - Air Travel Price Index (ATPI)

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) quarterly Passenger Origin and Destination Survey provides the data for the ATPI. Through this survey, BTS collects data on a 10 percent sample of airline itineraries. Each sample observation...

Figure 3-10 - General Aviation Fatalities: 1994-2004

Figure 3-10 - General Aviation Fatalities: 1994-2004

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NOTE: 2004 data are preliminary. General aviation includes any civil aircraft operation that is not covered under 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 121, 129, or 135,...