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BOX 6-A - National Transit Data

BOX 6-A - National Transit Data

A large amount of transit data including the number of passenger-miles of travel (pmt) are available from both the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). FTA's National Transit Database (NTD) is...

Transportation Injury Rates

Transportation Injury Rates

Each year a far larger number of people are injured than killed in transportation-related accidents. Over 2.9 million people suffered some kind of injury involving passenger and freight transportation in 2003 (box 3-B). Most of these injuries, 99...

Box 15-D - Hazardous Materials Reporting

Box 15-D - Hazardous Materials Reporting

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Hazardous Materials Information System (HMIS) is the primary source of national data on hazardous materials transportation safety. Hazardous materials, as defined in regulations, include nine...

Cost of Intercity Trips by Train and Bus

Cost of Intercity Trips by Train and Bus

Amtrak collected an average of 23 per revenue passenger-mile in 2003 (in chained 2000 dollars1), up 46 percent from 16 per revenue passenger-mile in 1993 (figure 7-3). During the 1990s, Amtrak shifted its focus to urban routes in the...

Figure 5-13 - Rail Freight Revenue Ton-Miles: 1999-2005

Figure 5-13 - Rail Freight Revenue Ton-Miles: 1999-2005

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NOTES: Data cover Class I railroads only (see Glossary for definition). Average line-haul speed data for 2004 and 2005 are preliminary.

SOURCE: STB, Quarterly...