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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...
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....
Reported Spills of Petroleum and Petroleum Products into U.S. Waters (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)
Crude petroleum and petroleum products spills are costly to the environment and to society. Major oil...
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...
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 These reports are provided as a historical reference.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 (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,...
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...
Components of Transportation-Related Imports (quarterly data, seasonally adjusted)
The transportation sectors trade balance has been negative for many years. The strong growth of imports, together with much slower growth of...
Components of Transportation-Related Exports (quarterly data, seasonally adjusted)
Transportation-related exports contribute to U.S. GDP and employment, which help retain the U.S. industrial base.
Exports (...U.S. International Waterborne Commerce, Imports and Exports (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)
Approximately 40 percent by value (75 percent in terms of tonnage) of cargo carried in U.S. foreign trade is...