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Figure 2 Fatality Rates for Selected Modes

Figure 2 Fatality Rates for Selected Modes

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Notes: For air carriers, the data were smoothed, using an exponential smoothing model, with a weight of 0.94 to reduce the year-to-year fluctuations. For air carriers, fatalities...

Figure 1 Fatalities in Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes

Figure 1 Fatalities in Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes

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Year Total fatalities Fatalities in alcohol related-crashes 1985 43,825 23,168 1990 44,599 22,589 1991 41,508 20,158 1992 39,250 18,290 1993 40,150 17,...

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Our mission is to lead in developing transportation data and information of high quality and to advance their effective use in both public and private transportation decisionmaking.

Our vision for the future: Data and information of high quality will supporting every...

Chapter 6 - Transportation and the Environment

Chapter 6 - Transportation and the Environment

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

Chapter 5 - Transportation and the Economy

Chapter 5 - Transportation and the Economy

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 2001, transportation...

Chapter 4 - Mobility

Chapter 4 - Mobility

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: greater vehicle...

Chapter 3 - Transportation Security

Chapter 3 - Transportation Security

Ensuring security of all transportation modes and facilities 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, attention is...

Chapter 2 - Transportation Safety

Chapter 2 - Transportation 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 45 percent of U.S. deaths due to unintentional injury involve...

Chapter 1 - Transportation System Extent and Use

Chapter 1 - Transportation System Extent and Use

The U.S. transportation system is an extensive, inter-related public and private network of roads, airports, railroads, transit routes, waterways, terminals, ports, and pipelines. Millions of people and businesses rely on this...