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Transportation Indicators

Transportation Indicators

NOTE: The final issue of this report was December 2002. These reports are provided as a historical reference. A minimal number of indicators are being updated in the White House Economic Statistics Briefing Room.

Due to quality...

U.S. CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS

U.S. CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use by Sector (annual data)

All 2000 data are preliminary.

MMTC = million metric tons of carbon

Tons of carbon can be converted to tons of carbon dioxide by...

TRANSPORTATION ENERGY USE PER DOLLAR OF GDP

TRANSPORTATION ENERGY USE PER DOLLAR OF GDP Transportation Energy Use Per Dollar of GDP (quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted)

BTU - British Thermal Unit

The average heat content of motor gasoline is 129,024 BTU per gallon. One quadrillion...

TRANSPORTATION ENERGY USE

TRANSPORTATION ENERGY USE Transportation Energy Consumption (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Transportation accounts for about 28 percent of U.S. energy consumption. Petroleum accounts for nearly all (about 97 percent) of the transportation sectors energy use. Petroleum...

CRUDE OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SPILLS IN U.S. WATERS

CRUDE OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SPILLS IN U.S. WATERS Reported Spills of Petroleum and Petroleum Products into U.S. Waters (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

NOTE: The spike in 1990 was caused by one tanker spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Crude...

AVERAGE MOTOR VEHICLE MILES PER GALLON

AVERAGE MOTOR VEHICLE MILES PER GALLON Average Motor Vehicle Miles Per Gallon (annual data)

a Includes motorcycles through 1989.

Since 1979, the average fuel rate of passenger cars, vans, pickup trucks, and sport utility vehicles have had an upward trend. In the 1990s...

AIR POLLUTANT EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORTATION

AIR POLLUTANT EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORTATION Index of Key Air Pollutant Emissions from Transportation (annual data)

Modal Shares of Key Air Pollutants from Transportation, 1998

Despite rapid growth in vehicle use over the past two decades, emissions of carbon monoxide...

Transportation Indicators

Transportation Indicators

NOTE: The final issue of this report was December 2002. These reports are provided as a historical reference. A minimal number of indicators are being updated in the White House Economic Statistics Briefing Room.

Due to quality...

World Crude Oil Prices

World Crude Oil Prices World Crude Oil Prices (weekly data, not seasonally adjusted)

The world price of crude oil is the most important factor influencing domestic motor fuel prices, since oil imports make up more than half of the U.S. oil supply. Motor fuel prices, in turn...

Value of U.S. Imports and Exports

Value of U.S. Imports and Exports U.S. International Trade in Goods (monthly data, seasonally adjusted)

International trade represents a growing share of the U.S. economy. Changes in the level of both imports and exports affect the level of demand for transportation...