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The top commodity in U.S. rail carloadings is grain, and grain carloadings declined in 2000 (Association of American Railroads, weekly railroad traffic).
Rail Freight Revenue Ton...Ridership of heavy rail has been climbing faster than any other mode of public transportation. Bus ridership is almost 60 percent of total transit ridership.
Transit...Public transportation includes transit bus, transit rail, commuter rail, trolleys, and several demand-responsive services.
Transit Ridership Mar-00 ...The number of flights not departing or arriving on time, cancellations, and diversions are measures of service quality.
These indicators are...
Frequency of aircraft departures, the number of connections required for a single trip, and...
Revenue enplanements, the number of passengers boarding aircraft, indicate the demand for gate and luggage services. Enplanements differ from the number of trips because passengers may...
Domestic waterborne ton-miles show the level of freight flows through U.S. inland, coastal, and Great Lakes waterways. Domestic waterborne ton-miles in the coastwise trade have...
International waterborne container traffic, measured in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), helps identify container traffic...
Though still much smaller than air passenger transportation, air freight is an increasingly important revenue source for the air transportation industry. It includes both...