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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) Dec-99 Dec-00...

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 These reports are provided as a historical reference.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...

TRANSPORTATION ENERGY USE

TRANSPORTATION ENERGY USE

Transportation Energy Consumption (monthly data)

Transportation accounts for about 28 percent of U.S. energy consumption. Petroleum accounts for nearly all (about 97 percent) of the transportation sector's energy use. Petroleum is a major...

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)

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

Crude petroleum and petroleum...

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...

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

Carbon dioxide is a major greenhouse gas...

TRANSPORTATION ENERGY USE PER DOLLAR OF GDP

TRANSPORTATION ENERGY USE PER DOLLAR OF GDP

Transportation Energy Use Per Dollar of GDP (quarterly data)

BTU - British Thermal Unit The average heat content of motor gasoline is 129,024 BTU per gallon. One quadrillion BTU is equivalent to 7.75 billion gallons of motor...

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 These reports are provided as a historical reference.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...

PRODUCER PRICES OF KEY TRANSPORTATION INPUTS

PRODUCER PRICES OF KEY TRANSPORTATION INPUTS

Key Producer Price Indices for Transportation (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Producer Price Indices: All Commodities (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Producer prices are those charged for...