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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Norman Y. Mineta Secretary
Bureau of Transportation StatisticsRick Kowalewski Deputy Director
William J. Chang Associate Director for Information Systems
John V. Wells Chief Economist
Jeremy Wu Acting Chief...
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1980 1990 1995 1999 2000 Highway total 34,553 62,563 79,309 95,494 103,838 Federal 11,706 15,452 20,078...(Millions of current dollars)
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1980 1990 1995 1999 2000 Highway total 25,268 49,945 66,743 88,668 87,800 Federal: ...