Figure 3-4 Field Production of Crude Oil (Thousand Barrels): January 2010-December 2015

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SOURCE: U.S. Energy Information Administration based on data from the Surface Transportation Board and other information, April 2016.

Box 3-B: Hydraulic Fracturing and U.S. Oil and Gas Production

The technique of hydraulic fracturing (also known as fracking) has been widely used to increase domestic oil and gas production in the United States. The process involves injecting a water solution deep into the bedrock formation using a well. Pressure from the water creates cracks in the...

Table 3-2 Top Commodities by Weight and Value: 2015

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Figure 3-3 Ratio of Outbound to Inbound Shipments by Weight: 2015

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and USDOT, Federal Highway Administration, Freight Analysis Framework, version 4, March 2016.

Figure 3-2 Ratio of Outbound to Inbound Shipments by Value: 2015

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and USDOT, Federal Highway Administration, Freight Analysis Framework, version 4, March 2016.

Figure 3-1 Freight Flows by Highway, Railroad, and Waterway: 2011

SOURCES: Highways: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Freight Analysis Framework, Version 3.5, 2014; Rail: Based on Surface Transportation Board, Annual Carload Waybill Sample and rail freight flow assignments done by Oak...

Box 3-A The Commodity Flow Survey and the Freight Analysis Framework

The Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) is conducted every 5 years by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau as part of the Economic Census. The CFS provides data for most of the U.S. economy on commodities shipped, their value and weight, mode of...

Table 3-1 Weight and Value of Shipments by Transportation Mode: 2012, 2015, and 2045

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Box 2-B Transportation and Health

Transportation and public health interact in several ways, such as in the areas of public safety and exposure of the public to air pollution. Chapters 6 and 7 indicate improvement in some critical indicators of transportation’s health impacts over the last several decades, but...

Figure 2-15 How Workers (Below the Poverty Level) Get To Work: 2014

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NOTES: Percents may not add to 100 due to rounding. For additional information, please refer to the American Community Survey's 2014 Subject Definitions, available at http://www.census.gov/acs/. Workers are civilians and members of the...