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Number Passenger travel (2001)P Trips Annualized daily trips per persona 1,581 Daily trips per persona 4.3 Miles Annualized daily miles per...(Rank in 2000; thousand barrels per day, average)
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1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 Canada 846 455 770 934 1,332 1,807 Saudi Arabia 715 1,261 168 1,339 1,344 1,572...Excel | CSV
1985 1990 1995 2000 2001 Persons screened (millions) 993 1,145 1,263 1,812 1,320 Firearms detected 2,913 R2,549 2,390 1,937 1,071 Handguns 2,823 2,490 2,230 1,643 1,008 Long guns...Excel | CSV
Mode 1970 1980 1990 2000 2001 Air carriera 107 19 29 R27 P16 Commuter air carrierb N 14 11 R7 P4 On-demand air taxic N 43 36 R12 P23 General aviationd 715 681 409 R310 P322...Excel | CSV
Number of vehicles Fatalities Alcohol involvement Percent Occupants 36,386 14,759 40.6 Single-vehicle crashes 17,747 9,005 50.7 Two-vehicle crashes...Excel | CSV
Category Number Percent Passenger car occupants R20,699 46.7 Light-truck occupants R11,526 26.0 Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles R4,763 10.7 Motorcyclists R2,897 6.5 Large-...Excel | CSV
Mode 1970 1980 1990 2000 2001 Large air carriera 146 1 39 92 531 Commuter air carriera N 37 R7 5 13 On-demand air taxia N 105 51 71 60 General aviationa 1,310 1,239 767 592 553...Excel | CSV
Mode Components Highway Public roads 46,717 miles of Interstate highway 114,700 miles of other National Highway System roads 3,801,849 miles of other roads Air Public-use airports 5,315...Statistics published in this Pocket Guide to Transportation come from many different sources. Some statistics are based on samples and are subject to sampling variability. Statistics may also be subject to omissions and errors in reporting, recording, and processing.
America's transportation system has changed along with the nation's society and economy. The following table puts those changes in perspective:
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Context 1980 2001 Resident population (thousands) 226,542 284,797 Total area (thousands of...