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Freight Border Crossings

Freight Border Crossings

The number of trucks entering the United States from Canada and Mexico rose from 7.7 million in 1994 to 11.4 million in 2004 (figure 1-18). While this resulted in annual growth of almost 4 percent per year, the number of trucks crossing into the...

Figure 4-12 - Long-Distance Trips and Population by Age: 2001

Figure 4-12 - Long-Distance Trips and Population by Age: 2001

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SOURCES: Long-distance trips—U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and...

Box 15-C - Aggregating Oil Spill Data

Box 15-C - Aggregating Oil Spill Data

Until late 2001, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) summarized reported oil spill data in its Pollution Incidents In and Around U.S. Waters, A Spill Release Compendium: 1969-2001. USCG aggregated the source data into five categories:...

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...