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Chapter 6: Transportation Safety

Box 6-A Fatality Definition by Mode Box 6-B Drones Pose Aviation Threat Box 6-C Air Bag Recall Box 6-D Truck Parking and Safety Figure 6-2 Licensed Drivers, Resident Population, Highway Fatalities, Highway Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT): 2000–2014, 2015 Figure 6-3 Fatality Rates for Select...

Chapter 5: Transportation Economics

Box 5-A Transportation Satellite Accounts (TSAs) Box 5-B Transportation Services Index (TSI) Box 5-C Independent, On-Demand Ride Services Figure 5-1 Contribution of For-Hire and In-House Transportation to U.S. Gross Domestic Product (2014 dollars) Figure 5-2 Use of Transportation by Industry...

Chapter 4: Transportation System Performance

Box 4-A Impacts of January 22–23, 2016 Blizzard on Eastern U.S. Interstate System Box 4-B Firearms Discovered at TSA Checkpoints, 2015 Figure 4-1 Number of Jobs Accessible by Commute Time: 1990, 2000, and 2010 Figure 4-2 Vehicle Travel and Travel Delays in Congestion Ranges: 2014 Figure 4-3...

Chapter 3: Moving Goods

Box 3-A The Commodity Flow Survey and the Freight Analysis Framework Box 3-B: Hydraulic Fracturing and U.S. Oil and Gas Production Box 3-C: Panama Canal Expansion Figure 3-1 Freight Flows by Highway, Railroad, and Waterway: 2011 Figure 3-2 Ratio of Outbound to Inbound Shipments by Value: 2015...

Chapter 2: Moving People

Box 2-A Proximity of Bike-Share Stations to Public Transportation Box 2-B Transportation and Health Figure 2-1 Average Annual PMT per Household by Trip Purpose: NHTS 2009 Figure 2-2 Net Change in Number of Workers by Mode of Transportation: 2000 to 2014 Figure 2-3 Person Trips per Day by...

List of Boxes, Tables and Figures

Chapter 1: Extent and Physical Condition of the U.S. Transportation SystemChapter 2: Moving PeopleChapter 3: Moving GoodsChapter 4: Transportation System PerformanceChapter 5: Transportation EconomicsChapter 6: Transportation SafetyChapter 7: Transportation Energy Use and Environmental...

Appendix B Glossary

Air carrier: Certificated provider of scheduled and nonscheduled services.

Alternative fuel (vehicle): Nonconventional or advanced fuels or any materials or substances, such as biodiesel, electric charging, ethanol, natural gas, and hydrogen, that can be used in place of conventional fuels...

Appendix A Legislative Responsibilities Including Cross Reference

BTS compiles these and other statistics under Section 52011: Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (Public Law No. 112-141), which requires information on:

transportation safety across all modes and intermodally;

the state of good repair of United States transportation...

Chapter 8 The State of Transportation Statistics

HighlightsProgress is being made on quantifying the contributions of transportation to the economy and the uses of transportation by major industries.BTS is improving the frequency of updates to data on the extent and characteristics of transportation infrastructure, and has compiled a National...