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Source: USDOT, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) database, personal communication, Sept...
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.
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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 carbon monoxide and...
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-related goods and...
The U.S. transportation network makes possible a high degree of personal mobility and freight activity. The data in this section show growth in local travel and freight shipments over time. Factors influencing this growth include, among others: greater vehicle...
Ensuring security of all transportation modes, facilities, and the people who use them is a national priority. While much of the national focus since September 2001 has been on aircraft and airports, attention is also being directed at other modes;...
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 transportation. Roughly 95 percent...
The U.S. transportation system is an extensive, interrelated network of public and private roads, airports, railroads, transit routes, waterways, terminals, ports, and pipelines. Millions of people and businesses rely on this expanding system...
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