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...

Figure 1-13 - Commercial Freight Activity for All Modes by Shipment Value: 1993, 1997, and 2002

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NOTES: 2002 data are preliminary. Although final 2002 Commodity Flow Survey data were available when this report was prepared, final...

Figure 2-13 - Age of U.S. Flag Vessels by Type: 2003

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NOTE: Offshore support includes crewboats.

SOURCE: USDOT, BTS, National Transportation Statistics 2005, table 1-31, available at http://www.bts.gov/, as of June...

Commercial Motor Vehicle Repairs

In the United States, there were over 677,000 active motor carriers-common, contract, or private-using buses or trucks to provide commercial transportation of passengers or freight in 2004 [1]. Trucking accounted for 40 percent of the nation's...

Figure 4-17 - Long-Distance Trips by Gender and Mode: 2001

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NOTE: Other includes trains, ships, and all other modes of long-distance travel.

SOURCES: Jonaki Bose, Lee Giesbrecht, Joy Sharp, Jeffery Memmott, Maha...

Figure 3-9 - Highway-Rail Grade-Crossing Fatal Accident Locations: 2004

NOTE: Of the 319 grade-crossing fatal accidents, 23 could not be displayed on this map due to incomplete information.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad...

Figure 3-1 - Transportation Fatality Rates by Selected Mode: 2003

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NOTE: See note on table 3-1 in appendix B regarding double counting.

SOURCES: Fatalities—U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and...