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Table 3 Distribution of Transportation Fatalities: 2000

Table 3 Distribution of Transportation Fatalities: 2000

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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-...

Table 2 Fatalities by Transportation Mode

Table 2 Fatalities by Transportation Mode

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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...

Table 1 The Transportation Network: 2001

Table 1 The Transportation Network: 2001

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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...

Preface

Preface

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.

Introduction

Introduction

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...

Glossary

Glossary

Air carrierCertificated provider of scheduled and nonscheduled services.

Chained dollarsA method to measure real changes in dollar values between years that uses chain-type indices, rather than constant dollars. The method first calculates the real changes between adjacent...

Figure 14 U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use

Figure 14 U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use

(Million metric tons of carbon)

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Year Residential Commercial Industrial Transportation 1980 248.4 178.2 484.6 378.1 1981 239.7 178.2 463.7 374.1 1982 237.5 178....

Figure 14 U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use

Figure 14 U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use

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Key: P = preliminary; R = revised.

Notes: One ton of carbon equals 3.667 tons of carbon dioxide gas. Electric utility emissions are spread across end-user sectors...