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Mode 1970 1980 1990 1995 1998 Air carriersR 2,679 3,808 6,083 7,411 8,111 General aviation R131,743 R211,045 196,800 182,605 204,710 Passenger carsa 89,243,557 121,600,843 133...The U.S. transportation network provides a high degree of personal mobility and freight activity. In 1999, the transportation network supported 4.8 trillion passenger-miles and about 3.9 trillion ton-miles. The data in this section confirm that local and long-distance travel...
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Mode 1970 1980 1990 1995 1999 Air carrier 107 19 29 25 57 Commuter carrier N 14 11 25 2 On-demand air taxi N 43 36 14 14 General aviation 715 681 402 395 325...Excel | CSV
Fatalities Alcohol involvement Percent Occupants 35,806 13,145 36.7 Single-vehicle crashes 17,052 8,163 47.9...Excel | CSV
Category Number Percent Passenger car occupants 20,818 47.5 Light-truck occupants 11,243 25.6 Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles 4,906 11.2 Motorcyclists 2,472 5.6...The highest priority of the U.S. Department of Transportation is to promote safety. Although progress has been made in reducing fatalities, transportation remains the leading cause of accidental deaths and injuries in the United States. In 1999, about 95...
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1970 1980 1990 1995 1999 Total transportation and related industries employment 6,000 8,536 10,133 10,527 10,843...(Millions of current U.S. dollars)
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Exports Modal % Imports Modal % Total trade Total modal % Total 692,821 100.0 1,024,766 100.0 1,717,587...(Billions of 1999 U.S. dollars)
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Rank Gateway Exports Imports Total 1 JFK International, NY (air) 44.4 60.6 105.0 2 Port of Detroit, MI (land) 48.5 44.1...Excel | CSV
Mode Value Tons Ton-miles Billions of 1997 $ Percent Millions Percent Millions Percent Parcel, postal, courier services 856 10.0 34 0.2 18 0.5...