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Key: R = revised
Note: 2006 data are preliminary.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy...
Number of incidents
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Year Total 1997 252 1998 210 1999 309 2000 471 2001 370 2002 383 2003 452 2004 330 2005 266 2006...Excel | CSV | Table Version
Notes: Incidents include attempts and threatening actions.
Source: International Maritime Organization, Reports on Acts of Piracy and Armed Robbery...
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Year Passenger car occupants Light-truck occupants Large-truck occupants Motorcycle riders General aviation Air carriers (actual and smoothed fatality rates) Fatalities VMT (millions)...Excel | CSV | Table Version
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 Sept....
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Passenger train National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
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While transportation enhances the quality of our lives, it also generates environmental impacts that can lead to human health problems and ecological damage. Overall, most transportation air emissions in the United States, such as particulates, have declined since 1980 despite...
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 2006, transportation-related goods and services contributed $1.4...
The U.S. transportation network makes possible a high degree of personal mobility and freight activity. The data in this section show growth in travel and freight shipments over time. Factors influencing this growth include, among others: vehicle availability, travel costs,...
Ensuring 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, including...