1-9 International Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea: 1997-2009

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Number of incidents

Notes: Incidents include attempts and threatening actions. The 2008 data are revised.

Source: International Maritime...

1-4 Fatality Rates for Selected Modes: 1985-2008

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1-4 Fatality Rates for Selected Modes: 1985-2008

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Notes: Air carrier data were smoothed using an exponential smoothing model, with a weight of 0.945 to reduce the year-to-year fluctuations. Air carrier fatalities resulting...

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Front cover City bus - Marsha Fenn Airplane - Pavel Jedlicka Cargo ship - Elliott Linder Passenger rail - BTS Staff

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5 - Environmental Sustainability

While transportation enhances the quality of our lives, it also generates environmental impacts that can lead to human health problems and environmental damage. Overall, most transportation air emissions in the United States, such as particulates, have...

4 - Economic Competitiveness

Transportation is a major sector of the U.S. economy. It moves people and goods, employs millions of workers, generates revenue, and consumes resources and services produced by other sectors of the economy. In 2009, transportation related goods and services...

3 - Livable Communities

The U.S. transportation system makes possible a high degree of personal accessibility and freight activity. The data in this section show growth in travel and freight shipments over time. Factors influencing this growth include vehicle availability, travel costs,...

2 - State of Good Repair

The U.S. transportation system is an extensive, interrelated public and private network of roads, airports, railroads, transit routes, waterways, terminals, ports, and pipelines. Millions of people and businesses rely on this expanding system to get to work, conduct...

1 - Safety

The safety of the traveling public is the number one concern of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Although progress has been made in reducing fatalities, roughly 94 percent of transportation fatalities arose from motor vehicle crashes. Injuries from crashes are a major U.S....

Acknowledgments

Ray LaHood Secretary

John D. Porcari Deputy Secretary

Peter H. Appel Administrator

Robert L. Bertini, Ph.D. Deputy Administrator