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1-2 Distribution of Transportation Fatalities: 2009

1-2 Distribution of Transportation Fatalities: 2009

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Category Number % Passenger car occupants 13,095 36.38 Light-truck occupants 10,287 28.58 Motorcycle riders 4,462 12.40 Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles 4,092 11.37...

1-1 Transportation Fatalities by Mode: 1990-2009

1-1 Transportation Fatalities by Mode: 1990-2009

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Mode 1990 2005 2008 2009 Air         Large U.S. air carriera 39 22 3 52 Commuter air carriera 6 0 0 0 On-demand air taxia 51 18 69 17 General...

Preface

Preface

Statistics published in this Pocket Guide to Transportation come from many different sources. Some statistics are based on samples and are subject to sampling variability. Statistics may also be subject to omissions and errors in reporting, recording, and processing.

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Introduction

Introduction

America's transportation system continues to change along with the population, work force, and economy. The following table puts those changes in perspective:

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Context 1990 2009 Resident population (thousand) 248,791 307,007 Total...

Glossary

Glossary

Air carrier: Certificated provider of scheduled and nonscheduled services.

Chained dollars: A method to measure real changes in dollar values between years; uses chain-type indexes, rather than constant dollars. The method first calculates the real changes between adjacent...

5-5 U.S. Petroleum Production and Consumption: 1975-2009

5-5 U.S. Petroleum Production and Consumption: 1975-2009

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Million barrels per day

Year Transportation consumption Total consumption Total production 1975 8.95 16.32 10.01 1976 9.37 17.46 9.74 1977 9.76 18.43 9.86...