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Chapter 1: Extent and Physical Condition of the U.S. Transportation System

Box 1-A U.S. Cities with Bike-Share Systems: 2016 Figure 1-1 Annual Average Daily Traffic on the National Highway System, 2012 Figure 1-2 Bridge Condition by Age Group: 2015 Figure 1-3 Licensed Drivers, Vehicle Registrations, and Resident Population: 1961–2014 Figure 1-4 Enplanements at the...

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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...

Chapter 7 Transportation Energy Use and Environmental Impacts

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Despite transportation’s continued dependence on petroleum, recent trends show decreasing import dependence, small reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and sharply reduced emissions of other air pollutants. U.S. dependence on imported oil decreased from a high of 60.3 percent in...

Chapter 6 Transportation Safety

HighlightsHighway motor vehicle fatalities rose 7.2 percent in 2015 as the 35,092 highway deaths alone exceeded the 2014 number for all transportation fatalities (34,641).Fifteen highway rail crossings were identified as having 10 or more incidents (not necessarily involving fatalities) in the last...

Chapter 5 Transportation Economics

HighlightsThe demand for transportation increased by 4.2 percent from 2013 to 2014, marking the highest annual growth since the end of the December 2007 to June 2009 economic recession. The demand for transportation in 2014 exceeded 2007 for the first time since the end of the 2007 to 2009...

Chapter 4 Transportation System Performance

HighlightsThe average annual delay per commuter rose from 37 hours in 2000 to 42 hours in 2014, a 13.5 percent increase, and the combined hours of delay experienced by all commuters across the Nation in 2014 reached 6.9 billion hours—about a third higher than the 2000 total.Urban highway congestion...

Chapter 3 Moving Goods

HighlightsIn 2015 freight tonnage and value rose by 6.5 and 8.2 percent, respectively, over 2012 levels, fully rebounding from declines during the December 2007–June 2009 economic recession.The U.S. freight transportation system moved 49.5 million tons of goods valued at more than $52.7 billion...

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