2-4 Fatality Rates for Selected Modes: 1985-2007

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2-4 Fatality Rates for Selected Modes: 1985-2007

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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 from the...

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Traffic L. Henk

Truck BTS Staff

Cargo ship BTS Staff

Airplane Daniel Duchon

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Highway BTS Staff

Train tracks BTS Staff

Pipeline Kevin Abbott

Taxis BTS Staff

6 - Environmental Sustainability

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5 - Economy

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4 - Mobility and Livability

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3 - Security

Ensuring the security of all transportation systems and the people who use them is a national priority. While much of the initial national focus after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks was on aircraft and airports, today attention is also directed at other modes,...

2 - Safety

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1 - Transportation Infrastructure and Use

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Acknowledgments

Ray LaHood Secretary

John D. Porcari Deputy Secretary

Peter H. Appel Administrator

Robert L. Bertini, Ph.D. Deputy Administrator