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...

Figure 2-14 U.S. Cities with Bike-Share Systems: 2016

Figure 2-13 Intermodal Passenger Facilities by Mode: October 2016

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NOTES: Intercity bus connection includes: intercity, code share, and supplemental bus service. Transit rail connection includes: light rail, heavy rail, and commuter rail. Ferries includes both transit ferry and intercity ferry.

Figure 2-12 Total Time Spent Traveling on Weekdays and Weekends: 2003–2013

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NOTE: Activities are based on American Time Use Survey Activity Lexicon 2011 definitions. Weekdays exclude holidays. Weekends and holidays includes the following: New Year’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day,...

Figure 2-11 Daily Person-miles of Travel (PMT) by Age Group: 1983, 1990, and 1995 NPTS, and 2001 and 2009 NHTS

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NOTES: 1990 person trips were adjusted to account for survey collection method changes. Please see Appendix 2 of 2001 Summary of Travel Trends for specifics.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway...

Figure 2-10 Person-Miles of Travel per Household by Income Level: 2009 NHTS

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 2009 National Household Travel Survey, Online Analysis Tool. Available at http://nhts.ornl.gov/ as of April 2016.