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General

Legacy ID
201

3 - Security

3 - Security

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...

2 - Safety

2 - Safety

The safety of the traveling public is of major concern for the U.S. Department of Transportation. Although progress has been made in reducing fatalities, roughly 43 percent of U.S. deaths due to unintentional injury involve transportation. Roughly 95 percent of transportation...

1 - System Extent and Use

1 - System Extent and Use

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, embark...

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments U.S. Department of Transportation

Mary E. Peters Secretary

Vice Admiral Thomas V. Barrett Deputy Secretary

Research and Innovative Technology Administration

Paul R. Brubaker Administrator

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Steven D. Dillingham...

Summary

Summary Context 1980 2005 Resident population (thous.) 226,542 296,410 Total area (thous. sq. mi.)a 3,619 3,794 (2000) Total civilian labor force (thous.) 106,940 149,320 Real gross domestic productb $5.2 trillion $11.0 trillion Median household...