Figure 2-7 Use of For-Hire and In-House Transportation by Industry Sector, 2012 (Billions)

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Figure 2-6 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to Transportation Modes, 2012 (Billions)

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Box 2-5 What are the Transportation Satellite Accounts (TSAs)?

Satellite industry accounts expand on the national income and product accounts and the input-output accounts, and supplement these accounts by focusing on a particular aspect of economic activity. The TSAs capture transportation activities carried out by non-transportation industries for...

Figure 2-5 For-Hire Transportation Industry’s Contribution to GDP by Mode

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Figure 2-4 State Gross Domestic Product from Transportation and Warehousing as a Percent of State Total Gross Domestic Product, 2015

Figure 2-3 Contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Industry Sector, 2015 (percent)

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Box 2-3 What is Value Added?

Transportation Value Added is a measure of the contribution of the transportation sector to gross domestic product (GDP) based on the difference between the value of the transportation services sold and the goods and services used to produce transportation. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (...

Figure 2-2 Final Demand for Goods and Services by Major Social Function, 2014

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Figure 2-1 GDP Components of Transportation-Related Final Demand, 1999 to 2014 (billions, chained 2009 dollars)

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Box 2-2 Transportation-Related Final Demand

Transportation-related final demand is the most complete measure of transportation’s role in the economy, specifically gross domestic product (GDP). Transportation-related final demand includes:

For-hire transportation services

Motor vehicle purchases...