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United States Fast Facts

United States Fast Facts Transportation System Extent

All public roads: 3.97 million miles Interstate: 46,483 miles Road bridges: 589,111 Class I railroad trackage: 97,631 miles1 Inland waterways: 29,627 miles Public use airports: 5,286 (633 certificated for air carrier...

I - Glossary

I - Glossary

British thermal unit (Btu): The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water 1 degree Fahrenheit (F) at or near 39.2 degrees F and 1 atmosphere of pressure.

Certificated airport: An airport holding an operating certificate issued by the Federal...

H - Information on Data Sources

H - Information on Data Sources Airline freight and passenger data

The U.S. Department of Transportations (USDOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) collects and compiles data on the volume of revenue passengers, freight, and mail traffic handled and reported by the nations large...

Appendix 1: Data Sources and Availability

Appendix 1: Data Sources and Availability

Excel | CSV

Publication/database Source Website Tables Update available (approx.) Air Carrier Activity Information System (ACAIS) U.S. DOT, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Airports http://www1.faa.gov/arp/...

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments U.S. Department of Transportation

Norman Y. Mineta Secretary

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Rick Kowalewski Deputy Director

William J. Chang Associate Director for Information Systems

John V. Wells Chief Economist

Jeremy Wu Acting...

State Transportation Profile - Summary

State Transportation Profile - Summary

2003

Table of ContentsFile FormatsEntire ReportPDF(883KB)   Acknowledgments HTML(2KB)  United States Fast Facts HTML(3KB)  Preface HTML(3KB)  Chapter A - Infrastructure    ...