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BREAKDOWN OF U.S. INLAND WATERWAYS TRADE

BREAKDOWN OF U.S. INLAND WATERWAYS TRADE Transported Tonnage on U.S. Inland Waterways: Petroleum and Chemicals, and Coal and Coal Products (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Transported Tonnage on U.S. Inland Waterways: Farm and Food Products (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted...

AVAILABILITY AND USE OF AIR PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION

AVAILABILITY AND USE OF AIR PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION Domestic Air Seat and Passenger Miles (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Revenue passenger-miles are a measure of the volume of air passenger transportation. Unused seat-miles (the difference between available seat-miles...

AVAILABILITY AND USE OF AIR FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION

AVAILABILITY AND USE OF AIR FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION Domestic Air Freight Ton-Miles (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Though still much smaller than air passenger transportation, air freight is an increasingly important revenue source for the air transportation industry. It...

AIRCRAFT CAPACITY UTILIZATION - PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT

AIRCRAFT CAPACITY UTILIZATION - PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT Domestic Aircraft Revenue Load Factors (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Aircraft load factors are used to measure aircraft in-flight capacity utilization.

Revenue Load Factors (percent)    Jul-...

AIR FARES AND PASSENGER VOLUME FOR THE TOP FIVE MAJOR SHORT ROUTES

AIR FARES AND PASSENGER VOLUME FOR THE TOP FIVE MAJOR SHORT ROUTES Average and Low Air Fares: Most Heavily Travelled Routes of 750 Miles and Less (quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted)

NOTE: Blue hatched portion of bar = lowest average fare for an airline meeting...

AIR FARES AND PASSENGER VOLUME FOR THE TOP FIVE MAJOR LONG ROUTES

AIR FARES AND PASSENGER VOLUME FOR THE TOP FIVE MAJOR LONG ROUTES Average and Low Air Fares: Most Heavily Travelled Routes of Greater Than 750 Miles (quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted)

NOTE: Blue hatched portion of bar = lowest average fare for an airline meeting...

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 These reports are provided as a historical reference.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)

MMTC = million metric tons of carbon

Tons of carbon can be converted to tons of carbon dioxide by multiplying by 3.667.

Carbon dioxide is a...

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 BTU...

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 is a...