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A Half Century of Highway Safety Innovations – 1966 to 2016

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Transportation safety is the top priority of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Although the cumulative effect of highway safety innovations coincides with a dramatic drop in highway fatalities, as seen in the timeline, a recent uptick in highway deaths and...

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Transportation safety is the top priority of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

4-1 Transportation Fatalities by Mode A Half Century of Highway Safety Innovations – 1966 to 2016 4-2 Transportation Injuries by Mode 4-3 Fatality Rates by Mode 4-4 Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities...

3-8 Top 10 International Trade Gateways: 2015

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by value of shipments

Key: = airport, = land port, = water port

Notes: Air gateways include a low level (generally less than 3% of the total value) of freight shipped through small user-fee airports...

3-7 Top 10 World Container Ports: 2014

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by TEUs, including full and empty containers

Key: TEU = twenty-foot equivalent unit.

Source: American Association of Port Authorities, World Port Rankings, available at www.aapa-ports.org as of October 2016...

3-6 Top 10 U.S. Water Ports: 2014

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by short tons

 

by container TEUs, excluding foreign empty TEUs

 

Key: TEU = twenty-foot equivalent unit.

Note: Includes domestic and foreign waterborne trade.

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3-5 Top 5 Truck Ports of Entry: 2015

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by incoming truck crossings

Source: As cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, tables 1-53 and 1-55, available at www.bts.gov.as of October 2016.

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3-4 Incoming Truck Border Crossings: 1995–2015

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Source: As cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 1-53 and 1-55, available at www.bts.gov.as of October 2016.

3-3 U.S.-NAFTA Merchandise Freight Trade by Mode: 2015

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a Export weights for land modes are estimated by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics using value-to-weight ratios derived from import data. b Includes mail, other, unknown, and shipments through Foreign Trade Zones.

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